People all over the world they're good. People all over the world ain't bad. If everybody be snobs like I've been, they won't get what they wished they had: affection. [Jonathan Richman, "Affection"]
Les gens autour du monde, ils sont bons. Les gens autour du monde, ils sont pas méchants. Si tout le monde soit snob comme j'étais, ils ne recevront pas ce qu'ils souhaitaient avoir: l'affection.
The man spoke four languages so fluently he was mistaken for a native in each. But he was not a linguist. He was a polyglot. "One is an academic, one is a Swiss waiter," he remarked.
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пытаться - to try, attempt [imp]
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