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| Subject | Russian | English |
| ed. | выставлять амбиции своего я на передний план | be selfish |
| gen. | Чур, я на переднем сиденье! | Dibs on the front seat! (Taras) |
| brit. | я занял на переднем! | bagsy the front seat! (comes from "I'll bag the best seats" which is related to "to bag" meaning "to put something in a bag" or to claim ownership Andrew Goff) |
| brit. | я занято на переднем! | bags the front seat! (Andrew Goff) |
| amer. | я на переднем! | call shotgun (to (call) shotgun – derived from American Western/cowboy (films) where a person acting as security guard would "ride shotgun" ie: ride in the passenger seat next to the driver which was the best vantage point for him to see possible threats – see: shotgunrules.com Andrew Goff) |