Sentence examples of "было" in Russian with translation "be"

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Положение сегодня было очень опасным. It was a close shave, today.
Не было загрязнения окружающей среды. There was no pollution.
Ваше вздрагивание было слишком продуманным. That flinch was just a little too calculated.
Было ясно, что выхода нет. It was apparent that there was no way out.
Их занятием было поддерживать нас. But what they did was keep us in play.
Это не было хитрым ходом. This was not a devious move.
Это было своего рода оскорбление. So that is the kind of outrage of the thing.
Поначалу всё было очень логично. At first it was pretty sensible.
Её не было в психотерапии. It's been missing from psychotherapy.
Нет, все было в картотеке. No, everything was in the file cabinet.
На примерке все было нормально. Funny, it was all right at the fitting.
Мне было страшно, я перенервничал. I was scared and nervous.
Потому что это было правильно. Because it was the right thing to do.
Это было неприятно, но терпимо. This was unpleasant, but tolerable.
"Наблюдать за спасением было страшно". "Watching the rescue was terrifying."
Никого не было в саду. There was nobody in the garden.
У тебя было запасное колесо? There was a spare tire?
Чтобы выжить, нужно было работать. In order to survive, he needed to be working.
Поступить иначе было бы безответственно. To do otherwise is irresponsible.
Оно было все обрызгано грязью. It was all splattered with mud.
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