Фи́дбек is one of the neologisms recently borrowed from English and very often replaces the traditional Russian equivalents of the...

Сразу после Дня благодарения, четвёртого четверга ноября, наступает главное маркетинговое событие года – “чёрная пятница”.

For thanking people, we usually use the verb “to thank” in English. Russian, on the other hand, uses the noun «спасибо».

Что значит "на дворе"? Обычно "двор" – это участок земли (a piece of land) перед домом - yard. Иногда мы говорим, что "дети играют во дворе

КУХНЯ is not only KITCHEN, where food is prepared, but also CUISINE - a way, method, and/or style of cooking used by a certain group of...

Если вы любите кофе ☕️, вы знаете what BARISTA means. В русских электронных словарях уже есть слово БАРИСТА listed and defined as...

В русском языке есть несколько слов для обозначения разных типов улиц. In Russian, there are a few words to denote different types of...

подходя́щий (present active participle) = appropriate, right, suitable, proper подходя́щая компа́ния = good / right company Так. Если я...

In English, we often use the phrase “to have in common” to state some difference or similarity among things or people. Have you ever been...

Одни́м из са́мых стра́шных и разруша́ющих стихи́йных бе́дствий явля́ется тропи́ческий цикло́н. Урага́н, тайфу́н и цикло́н – это ра́зные...

Almost every Russian who watches TV once in a while is familiar with the word безлими́тище. It is frequently used in advertisements of...

похож – похожа – похоже – похожи = a short-form adjective from похожий = to look alike; resemble похож на (что? кого́? - Accusative)...

The word ИМЕЙЛ is officially in the Russian dictionaries. 😃 Even though we can use the Russian analog ЭЛЕКТРО́ННАЯ ПО́ЧТА or ЭЛЕКТРОННОЕ...

Everyone who is somehow related to the Russian language or/and culture heard of so-called “the mysterious Russian soul” (зага́дочная...

The inspiration for writing about this word came from one of my student’s questions: "What will it be in Russian if I need to say ‘save a...

You might have seen this distinctive hat among numerous Russian souvenirs, but do you know what it is called? It is the budyonovka...

Do you know what ФОРТОЧКА (fortochka) means? It’s a small window within a window - one of the characteristic features of many Russian...

Learn some "sweet" vocabulary" with these posters and see if you can answer the follow-up questions. Вы любите сладкое? Вы сладкоежка? Вы...

Borsch is a masterpiece of the Russian cuisine. It takes about seven hours to make it if you follow the classic recipe. However, it’s...

This Russian verb is very important to know when talking about sport activities.