| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Долго я приходил в себя и всё ради безумия, называемого любовью оно равно сражает нищего и короля. | It took me nine moons to recover and all for this lunacy called love this mad distemper, that strikes down both beggar and king. |
| "Ах, моего мужа прежде не сражало головокружение так внезапно, - никак, его ведьма сглазила!" | "Oh, my husband could not have been struck by dizziness so suddenly, unless a sorceress had bewitched him!" |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | skrap | Albanian | rrah |
| Arabic | ضرب | Danish | strejke |
| Dutch | staken,toeslaan | English | strike |
| Esperanto | ekbati, frapi, striki | Finnish | iskeä, lakkoilla |
| French | foudroyer | German | streiken, zuschlagen |
| Greek | απεργώ, αποβαρβαρώνω, αποβλακώνω, αποβουτυρώνω, απογυμνώνω, αποδελτιώνω, αποδιαρθρώνω, αποδιοργανώνω | Hungarian | csap |
| Indonesian | mencoreng, menghantam, menyambar, mogok | Italian | folgorare, scioperare |
| Japanese | 殴打 | Lithuanian | atsitrenkti, sutrenkti |
| Macedonian | штрајкува | Maori | hau |
| Polish | krzesać, strajkować, wybijać, wykrzesać, zafrapować, zastrajkować | Romanian | fulgera, scăpăra, trăsni |
| Spanish | percutir | Swedish | drabba, slå, stryka |
| Thai | โขก | Turkish | çarpmak, grev yapmak |
| Vietnamese | bãi công, đình công |
