Usage examples of "зачем-то" in Russian with translation to English

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Майлз зачем-то покупает Сэм машину? Miles is buying Sam a car for some reason?
Мой придурочный водитель зачем-то увёз меня в Кабаре Хобокена. My idiot driver took me to the Hoboken Dinner Theater Playhouse, for some reason.
Правда, голову всю исполосовали зачем-то, но это до свадьбы заживёт. Sure, they cut my head up a bit for some reason, but who cares.
Ричард Инсонья (Richard Insogna), полицейский, который остановил Шварца и его жену, когда те прибыли к месту следования, заявил, что остановил супругов, поскольку считал, что Шварц «зачем-то пытался привлечь его внимание». Richard Insogna, the officer who stopped Swartz and his wife when they arrived at their destination, claimed he pulled the couple over because he believed Swartz was “trying to get my attention for some reason.”
Он зачем-то должен войти в бассейн с зажженной свечой He gets into the pool with a lighted candle
Что странно, тот, кто это сделал после зачем-то попытался спасти его. What's strange is, that whoever did it then took the trouble to try and save him.
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