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- ИЗВОЛИШЬ (-те) ВИДЕТЬ obs (sent adv
these forms only
fixed WO
used to introduce an explanation or to attract the interlocutor's attention to the statement to which it belongsyou see.«Вот (он набил трубку, затянулся и начал рассказывать), -вот, изволите видеть, я тогда стоял в крепости за Тереком с ротой - этому скоро пять лет» (Лермонтов 1). "Well," he filled and lit his pipe, took a long draw on it, and began the story, "you see, I was stationed at the time at a fort beyond the Terek with a company -that was nearly five years back" (1b).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.