мест. such все они таковы – they are all like that, they are all the same он не таков, как вы думали – he is not what you thought (he was) кто он таков? – who is who? таковы факты – such are the facts
so much for the facts (вот все, что известно) таков и был
such
like that
~ы факты such are the facts
все они ~ы they are all alike
он не ~, как вы думаете he is not what you think him
~а жизнь c`est la vie
и был ~ and that was the last we heard of him, and he was gone