Quote Originally Posted by quartz
How do you say

1. "seventeen lovers in eleven years" or any other analogous construction "twelve books in four years" etc. I am having hard time translating the "in x years" part. Would it be "за x лет"? -

да - за ----- лет.

2. "all the excitement he could stand" -- what's the best translation for "excitement" in this phrase? возбуждение doesn't seem to fit; and while I'm asking this, how do you render "all the ___ you can stand/take" in Russian?

Радость, восторг

3. "the best x you can imagine" -- all my attempts ended up sounding like literal translation from English

можно и слово в слово перевести здесь или - лучшее, что может прийти тебе в голову

Thank you!