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Is there a good English to Russian dictionary about swear words?
I'm looking for a dictionary, English to Russian, that lists swear words and goes into depth about them. By "good" in the title, I meant that it should translate also less known/common swear words appropriately into Russian, also, slang words should…
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What does "korobchil" mean?
What does "korobchil" mean?
From this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfLeHdTDhUg
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Если "испытать" - "испытуемый", то есть ли "сказуемый", "наказуемый"?
Скажите, пожалуйста, какая словообразовательная связь между словами "испытать/испытывать" и "испытуемый"?
Раньше было правило, непосредственно связывающее эти два слова по грамматике?
Или, может быть, было слово "**испытовать", от которого могло бы…
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Example of a reflexive verb in Grothendieck's obituary
In an obituary about Grothendieck at http://lenta.ru/news/2014/11/14/grothendieck/, the last paragraph says "... деятельность Института вышсих научных исследований, где работал ученый, частично финансируются военными,..." and I am not sure why it…
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What does «наяву» mean?
Google translate doesn't do a good job of explaining it. Could someone please give common context in which it is used?
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Meaning of поназакачивать
A friend on Skype sent me the following message and I don't understand one word of it, nor can I find any of the words in my dictionary:
я поназакачивал в инете
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Where does the word Хамовники come from?
In Moscow there is a part of the city called Хамовники. What does this word mean, and where does it come from?
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Что означает "каждого первого" в этом контексте?
Описание ролика:
Безнаказанно быть козлом - мечта каждого первого! Об игре, позволяющей воплотить эту мечту в жизнь, пусть и виртуально, сейчас и пойдет речь.
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Typing Russian on an English keyboard
I have only a standard English (qwerty) keyboard on my computer. Can anyone recommend a convenient method (free software or something else) by which I can use my keyboard to type the Cyrillic alphabet?
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How to say "come and vote" in Russian?
I have two ways to say it:
Дай свой голос!
Проголосуйте!
The context is that there is a big voting going on and I want to invite Russian speaking people to come and vote also for the greater good.
Which way is the correct way to invite people to…
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Pronunciation of J
I knew that J could be pronounced жи, like in French, but I was watching a lecture online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxD6YFiLfU and the speaker calls J йот instead. See for instance 4:07 and 4:37. Are жи and йот as the name of J…
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A hyphen in "по-английски"
Do I always need to put a hyphen in "по-английски" or are there some rules telling us when I should and when I should not do so?
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Был ли раньше «приятный аппетит»?
Есть пожелание «Приятного аппетита», но нет словосочетания «приятный аппетит».
Почему так?
Это устаревшее?
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Russian term for returning emigres?
What is the Russian term for the emigres who returned to Russia during the Stalin years--and at his invitation? This was during the 1930s, I think, and was a specific term. Thanks!
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Use of the perfective with постепенно
I saw the following sentence in a dictionary and wondered how it makes sense to use a perfective here:
Коллекция подобралась постепенно.
Perhaps I'm not understanding the sentence correctly, but it looks like The collection came together -or- was…
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