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Difference between чтобы and чтоб in a particular use case
I am currently reading a Russian translation of the Silmarillion. There is one passage which perfectly illustrates some topic about which I would like to gain more clearity – чтобы or чтоб. Is it the ...
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Archaic equivalent of "серьёзный"
Recently I started thinking about what an old equivalent of the word "серьёзный" could be, maybe being used in Kievan Rus or in general before the word came to the language. It is clearly a ...
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Distinguishing between "effectiveness" and "efficiency" in Russian
The Russian translation for "effectiveness" seems to be "эффективность", a word that sounds pretty similar to "effectiveness" and also initially would seem to be able to ...
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What is the difference between "разделить" and "поделить"?
Both of these words came up on a word list for me to study and I have no idea when to use which. I looked them up on Wiktionary and discovered that they are both perfective. I then ran them through ...
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What is the difference between "истинная любовь" and "настоящая любовь"?
I didn't plan it like this, but clearly, this one is just in time for Valentine's Day.
Because Russian doesn't have articles, I often try to find a good adjective-noun combo so that I can better ...
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"Поножовщина" и "драка с ножами"
What is the difference between
"поножовщина"
and
"драка с ножами" ?
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What is the difference between "число" and "количество"?
In the newspaper Izvestia I have seen the phrase
число случаев
and
количество случаев
For example:
В мире число случаев заражения коронавирусом превысило 10,3 млн.
In the world, the number of cases ...
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What is the difference between лодыжка and щиколотка as a translation of "ankle"?
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What is the difference between щиколотка and лодыжка, and which one is a better suited translation for "Ankle zips with reflective detailing"?
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As a personal vocabulary ...
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Difference between "битва" and "сражение"?
What is the difference between битва and сражение? Every reference I've looked at translates both as "battle," but they don't seem to be interchangeable. The Wikipedia entry for битва specifically ...
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"хотя бы" is a synonym for "по крайней мере"?
Generally speaking without any context could we say that "хотя бы" is a synonym for "по крайней мере" meaning "at least"?
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"Хотелось" or "хочу"
1). хотелось = мне хотелось / I wanted
2). хочу = я хочу купить что нибудь для тебя / I want to buy something for you
What is the difference between "хотелось" when used in the first scenario v.s. ...
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What is the difference between "eврей" and "иудей"?
I always thought that "Jew" was "eврей", but I have also heard the usage of "иудей". What is the difference? They appear to be the same in the dictionaries that I have checked. Are they completely the ...
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What were the original half-Russian Siberians called?
What were the Imperial Russian terms for a mixed-race Siberian person?
Historical background: As Russia expanded eastward, many mixed children were born to native women and Russian men. Near the end ...
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Синоним слова «прозрачный» в значении «понятный и честный»
Какой самый удачный синоним у слова «прозрачный» в таком контексте?
Это повышает уровень прозрачности процессов и экономит время на
взаимодействие между участниками.
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"Borrow" and "lend" in Russian
How do you say "borrow" or "lend" in Russian? My dictionary gives a number of different expressions, but I'm not sure if they are equivalent.
What is the difference between
одолжить
дать/брать взаймы
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