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letters russian

  • перепи́сываться

    to correspond (by letter), to write to each other, to exchange letters

  • кру́пно

    greatly, seriously, badly

    in large letters, large

    coarsely, into large pieces

  • письмена́

    characters, letters

  • списа́ться

    to exchange letters, to arrange by correspondence, to get in touch by mail

    to sign off (from a ship), to be discharged from the crew

  • сочини́тель

    author, writer, man of letters

    fibber, liar, storyteller

    composer

  • выцара́пывать

    to scratch out, to scratch off, to claw out

    to wangle (out of somebody), to get (out of somebody), to extract

    to scratch (letters into), to scrape (a mark), to engrave

  • бу́квенный

    in letters

  • начерта́ние

    shape (of letters), outline, tracing, inscription

    outline, sketch, brief account

    predestination, destiny, decree of fate

  • анони́мщик

    writer of anonymous letters

  • слове́сник

    language and literature teacher, Russian teacher

    philologist, student of philology, linguist

    man of letters, writer, author

  • письмо́вник

    letter-writing manual, collection of model letters

    self-study manual, self-instruction book

  • разби́ть

    to break, to smash, to shatter, to crash

    to defeat, to beat, to rout

    to divide (into parts), to break down, to split up

    to hurt badly, to injure, to bruise, to fracture

    to shatter, to wreck, to dash (hopes)

    to pitch (a tent), to set up (a camp)

    to lay out (a garden), to plant out

    to space (type), to letterspace

  • разби́вка

    division, breakdown, splitting up

    laying out, setting out

    marking out, staking out, setting out

    spacing, letterspacing

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