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Olga Jarrell
Jul 2, 2021
На иголках и на чемоданах | On pins and needles and ready for a trip
Я как на иголках. Сижу на чемоданах. Do you know what these idioms mean?📍🧳🤔 (сидеть) как на иголках = literally “to sit like on...
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Olga Jarrell
Aug 27, 2016
Ох, уж этот нос! Oh, This Nose!
The word нос is just one of the words denoting a part of your face – a nose. However, it is used in a surprisingly big number of...
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Olga Jarrell
Aug 27, 2016
БАБЬЕ ЛЕТО
БАБЬЕ ЛЕТО is a period of warm, sunny, and dry weather before the cold and rainy days of the fall. In the middle part of Russia, ба́бье...
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Olga Jarrell
Apr 17, 2016
WORD OF THE DAY: заби́ть
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...
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Olga Jarrell
Nov 30, 2015
Ни пуха ни пера!
It’s common for Russian students to say «Ни пу́ха ни пера́!» to each other before exams. It literally means "Not a bit of down, nor a...
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