lecz in English:

Thanks, but no thanks.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

It's only a small house but it meets my needs perfectly.

But of course that was a long time ago.

But what will you do if he doesn't come?

Irene Pepperberg, a researcher at Northwestern University, is discovering that a parrot can not only mimic people but also learn the meaning of words.

I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.

After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.

Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.

He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own.

It may seem like just a little thing to you, but Tom is really worried about the whole thing.

He promised to bring new industries to the region, but politicians rarely keep their word.

It was very cold last night, so we didn't go outside, but stayed indoors.

Cats are like girls. If they talk to you it's great, but if you try to talk to them, it doesn't go so well.

My friend recommended that I shouldn't buy an iPad yet, but to wait until I see what Apple's competitors come out with.

Haven't you decided yet?

The prisoners would have to go through yet one more hardship.

When he came to Tokyo for the first time, this college had not been opened yet.

No sooner is one lie out of your mouth than you're telling yet another.

It was cold last night, yet he didn't wear a coat.

You will yet regret it.

Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.

If you have not yet paid this bill, please let us hear from you.

This time I hadn't converted my money yet, so I needed to change Yen into Yuan.

I am not sure yet if I will go to a university or get a job.

I might have done well on yesterday's test, but I do not know the results yet.

Do you think this jelly's firm enough to eat yet?

If you haven't driven a bike yet, you should give it a shot.

The point of true mutual understanding has not yet been reached between Japan and China.

Everything around him was blown to pieces, yet he escaped without a scratch.

although + full sentence

Although an increase of unmarried mothers is needed in order to escape the declining birth rate for some reason public opinion in Japan is avoiding this argument.

The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way.

Schools have tried to limit their use by not allowing them to be used in math classes, although they allow them in science lessons to save time.

Although Al-Sayib would never admit it, the real reason he hates noobs that much is that he got pwned by one while Dima watched and laughed his ass off.

Although I was the eldest son in the family, I was the third child in the sequence, so everyone from superiors to inferiors called Yun “third lady.”

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.

Они вернутся, хотя не хотят|They will return although they don’t want to

a material resources deteriorate over time, although its human resources improve

The forgot username process, although an available option in the career section properties, should not be used since users are forced to log using their email address.

You use although to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement that contrasts with the statement in the main clause

He had a weak point --this Fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.

Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security distributions at that age would mean that the payments would be reduced by twenty percent.

Although I modified this extravagance later by including the beautiful life among the works of art that alone gave a meaning to life, it was still beauty that I valued.