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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

а

very often used word (#9)

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but

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oh

Also: ah, oh well

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Некоторые кра́сные, а други́е бе́лые. Some are red and others are white.
А сейчас? And now?
Пошли́ сейчас. А то опозда́ем. Let’s go now. Otherwise, we’ll be late.
У де́вушки на карти́не на голове́ вено́к из живы́х цвето́в, а не золота́я коро́на. The girl in the picture has a flower wreath on her head, and not a golden crown.
Ми́стер Джонсон не учёный, а поэ́т. Mr Johnson is not a scholar but a poet.
Вы будете испо́льзовать компью́тер для учёбы, а не для игр. You’ll use the computer for studying, and not for playing games.
Я скорее предпочита́ю чита́ть, а не писать. I prefer reading to writing.
Когда я вы́расту, ста́ну лётчиком. А ты кем будешь? When I grow up, I'll be a pilot. And what will you be?
В суббо́ту мы пошли́ в кино́, а потом в рестора́н. On Saturday we went to the movies, then to the restaurant.
Ты зна́ешь, как говоря́т: «что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь». Я посе́ял ветер, а вот и бу́ря. You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.