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alas

увы́, я оши́бся

alas, I was wrong

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Alas, there is something in the world called an alliance; it is a dangerous thing, because all alliances are divisiveness. en.wikipedia.org

Alas, his modest score of 110 not out couldn't help them to win the match. en.wikipedia.org

But alas, it was ill-tempered, and so the magical heifer was broken into pieces and melted down. en.wikipedia.org

Alas, he might not want to do so because he is concerned that the price might fall too far by harvest time. en.wikipedia.org

Alas, dismissing someone else's story as old news comes more naturally. en.wikipedia.org

Success, alas, affected his reason, and he died insane in 1840. en.wikipedia.org

Some of us are engaged, some of us married, oh, my youth, alas! en.wikipedia.org

Alas, the kids' bulky fishing equipment causes nothing but discomfort for the rest of the passengers, to say nothing of the irascible bus conductor. en.wikipedia.org

Alas, the wings which lift the mind so lightly can find no bodily counterpart! en.wikipedia.org

Alas, even in his daydreams he's not entirely successful. en.wikipedia.org

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