чак

Bulgarian edit

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чак • (čak) (not comparable)

not until, only (referring to a time in the relative future)
Чак след две се́дмици я видя́х.
Čak sled dve sédmici ja vidjáh.
Not until/Only two weeks later did I see her.
all the way (to/from somewhere)
чак до поля́ната
čak do poljánata
all the way to the meadow
that..., so... (referring to an extent of quantity)
чак то́лкова ― čak tólkova ― that much

не чак то́лкова лош ― ne čak tólkova loš ― not that bad
(colloquial) even
- чак и го́спод да задре́ме
  čak i góspod da zadréme
  even God will fall asleep
  (Yavorov, quoted in [1])