как ... ни | |
gen. | however; no matter how |
как ни | |
gen. | as; as it was; whatever; whichever; however; as... as |
в чём | |
gen. | wherein |
не бывает | |
gen. | there's no such thing as |
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as (cunning as he is he won't deceive me – как он ни хитёр, меня он не проведёт); as it was; whatever; whichever; however (в знач. "как бы ни": However hard he tried, he could not control his feelings.); as... as | |||
no matter how | |||
as | |||
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however; no matter how | |||
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however; in whatever way. as much as |
как ни : 514 phrases in 30 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 16 |
Bookish / literary | 1 |
British usage, not spelling | 2 |
Business | 1 |
Cliche / convention | 6 |
Contextual meaning | 1 |
Derogatory | 1 |
Diplomacy | 3 |
Economy | 2 |
Figurative | 2 |
Finances | 1 |
General | 304 |
Idiomatic | 18 |
Informal | 40 |
Insurance | 1 |
Law | 1 |
Literature | 1 |
Makarov | 43 |
Mass media | 3 |
Mathematics | 8 |
Obsolete / dated | 2 |
Politics | 1 |
Production | 1 |
Proverb | 44 |
Quotes and aphorisms | 1 |
Rhetoric | 2 |
Saying | 1 |
Scientific | 5 |
Stylistics | 1 |
Transport | 1 |