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Еще что придумаешь?

English translation: anything else?

12:22 Jan 17, 2017
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Russian term or phrase: Еще что придумаешь?
Здравствуйте. Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести данное выражение правильно.

- Вы бежали через улицу, угрожая убить людей, уничтожить, избить засудить. Зачем? Из-за карточки на номере?

- Еще что придумаешь?

- Все снято от начала до конца.

https://youtu.be/Um4TLCbGvT0?t=4m11s

* Карточка на номере в данном случае - это кусок бумаги, которым водитель прикрыл номера своей машины, чтобы ему позже не пришел штраф за парковку в неположенном месте.
Mikola
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:50
English translation:anything else?
Explanation:
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Maria Kaverina
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:50
Grading comment
Спасибо!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3anything else?
Maria Kaverina
3 +2Yeah, yeah, tell me another.
Aleksandra Romanova
5What else [will you]/[are you going to] come up with?
Veronica Das Al
3 +1What else will you think up/cook up/dream up?
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3Are you sure you didn't miss anything?
El oso


  

Answers


35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
anything else?


Explanation:
+

Maria Kaverina
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:50
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LarisaK: Чем короче, тем лучше.
53 mins
  -> спасибо
agree  Mark Berelekhis: I like it.
2 hrs
  -> большое спасибо:)
agree  Tatiana Lammers
5 hrs
  -> Большое спасибо
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Yeah, yeah, tell me another.


Explanation:
Заодно показывает отмашку говорящего. От формы с вопросом можно уйти, у него интонация не вопросительная.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tell+me+another
Aleksandra Romanova
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roman Chernikov (X)
47 mins
agree  DTSM
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Are you sure you didn't miss anything?


Explanation:
Or: Any other nonsense you wanna accuse me of?
Or simply: Whatever!

El oso
Russian Federation
PRO pts in category: 200
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
What else [will you]/[are you going to] come up with?


Explanation:
"to come up with" is an idiom meant to emphasize that someone has managed to find or improvise something


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/come+up+with
Veronica Das Al
United States
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What else will you think up/cook up/dream up?


Explanation:
A few options. "Think up" is more literal; "cook up" is like invent; "dream up" refers to unreality of the statements.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-01-17 20:41:48 GMT)
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A few snappy responses inspired by Mark:
What else you got?
Got more?
Is that all?

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 14:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 164

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Berelekhis: What else you got?
2 hrs
  -> Super thanks, Mark. Yes, this is a good, snappy response. I have added a few of my own.
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