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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | задавать риторический вопрос | ask rhetorically (Rodeo Dayz) |
| gen. | правда, книга приправлена большим количеством риторических вопросов | true, the book is peppered with rhetorical questions |
| ling. | риторический вопрос | rhetorical question |
| rhetor. | риторический вопрос | interrogation |
| book. | риторический вопрос | erotesis |
| gen. | риторический вопрос | dead ender |
| slang | риторический провокационный вопрос. показать своё превосходство доминирование над кем-то | who's your daddy? (Interex) |
| gen. | это был риторический вопрос | I was being rhetorical ("How did I guess?" "Well, must be because you--" "Skip it, I was being rhetorical." • I was being rhetorical. Where "Why do you use pleb as an insult" means the same as "Using pleb as an insult is stupid". 4uzhoj) |