по старой памяти

for old times' sake; by force of habit (по привычке)

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по старой памяти

for old times' sake

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Только вы вот по старой памяти...
But there, for the sake of old times, you . . .
Turgenev, I.S. / SmokeТургенев, И.С. / Дым
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.

Надо по старой памяти завернуть к госпоже Бина.
We must put up at Madam Binat's for old time's sake.
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погасKipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915

А потому я и пугну, так как она знает, что я по старой памяти... ну и прочее - понимаешь?
And so I'll give her a scare, for she knows that for the sake of old scores...and all the rest of it, do you understand?
Достоевский, Фёдор / Униженные и оскорблённыеDostoevsky, Fyodor / The Insulted and Injured
The Insulted and Injured
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Униженные и оскорблённые
Достоевский, Фёдор
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1955

Жена советовала ему вступить на службу; он, по старой отцовской памяти, да и по своим понятиям, не хотел служить, но в угоду Варваре Павловне оставался в Петербурге.
His wife advised him to take some office under government; but from old association with his father, and also through his own ideas, he was unwilling to enter government service, still he remained in Petersburg for Varvara Pavlovna's pleasure.
Тургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездоTurgenev, I.S. / A House of Gentlefolk
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983

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по старой памяти

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