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(ДА) И ТО СКАЗАТЬ coll these forms only sent adv (parenth) precedes the statement with which it is used fixed WO

used for emphasis with a statement that corroborates, explains, justifies etc sth. previously stated

after all

(in limited contexts) and with good reason (and) well one might.

«Вам трудно, да все же вы дома а они - видите, до чего они дошли, - сказал он (Кутузов), указывая на пленных. -Хуже нищих последних... А и то сказать, кто же их к нам звал? Поделом им...» (Толстой 7). "...It is hard for you, but still you are at home while they-you see what they have come to," he (Kutuzov) said, pointing to the prisoners. "Worse off than our poorest beggars....But after all, who asked them here? Serves them right..." (7b).

Парк, молодая красавица, ресторан на воде, рубль нищему - такое злачное количество другой жизни ослепило и Леву, и он пошел домой, раздавленный. И то сказать, -время ещё было тяжелое... (Битов 2). A park, a beautiful young woman, a restaurant on the water, a ruble for a beggar-such a lush quantity of other life dazzled Lyova, too, and he went home overwhelmed. Well he might, times were still hard... (2a).