оказалось, что не казалось
phrase
Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[a-ka-ZA-las' chto nye ka-ZA-las']
Translation / meaning:
it turned out it didn’t seem (popular expression)
More explanations and examples here: Ни пуха, ни пера!
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