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What does "флуд" mean?

As a member of Charcoal HQ, I get to see a lot of strange messages from across the entire Stack Exchange network. Today, this 'answer' was posted on our sister site Русский язык: флуд_________________________________________ The same thing was…
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What does the word "да" mean in "Иван да Марья"?

I read about a flower which is called "Иван да Марья". I am assuming, that "Иван" and "Марья" are Russian names, since they start with capital letters and "Марья" sounds like an English name "Maria". What does "да" mean though? I know of it as…
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What does "ледяная рябь канала" mean, in Blok's famous poem?

I'm very fond of A. Blok's poem bellow -- which, by the way, yesterday became 100 years old. My Russian is very limited, and this is one of the little pieces I can almost understand; this "almost" here precisely stands for the current question I…
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What does "терпячка" mean?

What does "терпячка" mean? I know it has to do with suffering and bearing, but I need the exact meaning.
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What does "Больше ада" mean?

Больше ада seems to be a meme on the Russian internet, but what does it mean in practice? The literal translation of "More/better hell" does not seem to explain the context, and the random comment that leads me to ask this likens this Richard…
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What does "Я дежурный по апрелю" mean?

Here is a song by Bulat Okudzhava "Дежурный по апрелю": Ах, какие удивительные ночи, только мама моя в грусти и тревоге: "Что же ты гуляешь, мой сыночек, одинокий, одинокий? Что же ты гуляешь, мой сыночек, одинокий, одинокий?" Из конца…
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What's the meaning of the word "расходилась" in Tolstoy's story ''Прыжок''?

One of the phrases in Tolstoy's story ''Прыжок'' ('The Leap') is: Обезьяна эта корчилась, прыгала, делала смешные рожи, передразнивала людей, и видно было - она знала, что ею забавляются, и оттого ещё больше расходилась. I translated this as 'This…
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Meaning of "Что ни день"

This is a comment I saw in a forum. Is it a typo, or does it actually mean something? Что ни день, то приключение!
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What does водолазовой mean?

My text editor tells me that водолазовой is wrong and suggests me водолазов ой or водолазной or водолазкой or водолазный or водолазка. Using Google Translator I was not able to decide what could be the right one. That word comes from the…
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Difference between Что and Почему?

What's the difference between "Что ты улыбаешься?" и "Почему ты улыбаешься?" or in some other similar cases?
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What is the meaning of "нигде так не любят русских туристов как нигде"

There are way too many negations for me to grasp the meaning of this phrase: нигде так не любят русских туристов как нигде
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What does “акция” mean in this sentence?

I am aware of two meanings of the word “акция”. It may mean a stock (a financial instrument), or a political, diplomatic or military act. When I was in Moscow a few months ago, I saw ads that read “У нас акция”, meaning “We have a sale”. What…
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What kind of "girlfriend" is meant by "подруга"?

Does "подруга" mean girlfriend as in "girl friend", ie a female friend, or as in "girlfriend", a romantic interest? Doing a google image search for подруга seems to be getting matches for both types.
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Заканчивать versus кончать

Is there a difference between заканчивать/закончить and кончать/кончить? Or are they interchangeable?
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Why can "через неделю" mean "через 14 дней" depending on the context?

Context : We have math class every Thursday. The teacher said, "...в следущий четверг у нас не будет контрольной... ...будет через неделю" To me "через неделю"(1) means in seven days. I asked some friends and they explained that he meant "after…
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