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43 votes
9 answers
12k views

Why do Russians almost not use verbs of possession akin to "have"?

34 votes
3 answers
4k views

What's the meaning of "у нас" in phrases like "он у нас умный"?

31 votes
4 answers
15k views

If a Russian girl calls herself a thawing pike (тающая щука), what could it mean?

29 votes
4 answers
9k views

Why do Russians call some women a dynamo (динамо)?

29 votes
8 answers
5k views

How can I finally understand the confusing modal verb "мочь"?

28 votes
9 answers
19k views

Why do Russians call their women expensive ("дорогая")?

26 votes
4 answers
2k views

How can I understand this puzzling dialogue with "ну я имею в виду вообще"?

25 votes
6 answers
2k views

What is the meaning of: "- Отнеси кота на веранду. - Да уж лежит там."

24 votes
5 answers
4k views

How come the Russian cognate for the Czech word "čerstvý" (fresh) means entirely the opposite thing (stale)?

24 votes
9 answers
6k views

Russian word for a male zebra

23 votes
6 answers
9k views

Why do Russians call a joke a stake (прикол)?

22 votes
4 answers
6k views

Is there a Russian equivalent of "red flag"?

17 votes
7 answers
3k views

"Член клуба" - how to use "член" in feminine here?

15 votes
4 answers
765 views

"Я считаю Пушкина более талантливым поэтом, чем Блок" or "чем Блокa"?

15 votes
3 answers
2k views

"Отведать тунца" - what does this idiom mean?

14 votes
12 answers
4k views

What is the meaning of "понаехать"?

14 votes
6 answers
5k views

Why is the Turkish president's surname spelt in Russian as Эрдоган, with г?

14 votes
5 answers
1k views

How can I say "start both hourglasses" in Russian?

13 votes
8 answers
6k views

Why do Russians sometimes spell "жирный" (fatty) as "жырный"?

13 votes
7 answers
5k views

Russian equivalents of 能骗就骗 (if you can cheat, then cheat)

12 votes
7 answers
2k views

Can you use "едать" and "игрывать" in the present and future tenses?

12 votes
4 answers
625 views

Moving the subject of the sentence into a dangling participle

12 votes
7 answers
1k views

How should I translate "the fighting boar" in Grenfell's poem into Russian?

11 votes
9 answers
3k views

How to elegantly say in Russian, "He was never to get what he wanted or, at least, what he said he wanted."

11 votes
10 answers
2k views

What does the idiom "что уж там" mean?

11 votes
5 answers
3k views

What people are called boars ("кабан") and why?

10 votes
5 answers
1k views

Why did the frequency of the word "черт" (devil) in books increase by a few times since the October Revolution?

9 votes
2 answers
815 views

What should I do with non-Russian proper names that sound like Russian swear words?

9 votes
3 answers
1k views

What is the precise meaning of "подсел на мак"?

9 votes
7 answers
1k views

What are the meaning and etymology of "выпендриваться"?

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