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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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Когда Вин Ди́зель отжима́ется, он не поднима́ет себя, а опуска́ет Зе́млю. When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
На пя́том этаже́ нет горя́чей воды, а на пе́рвом есть. There's no hot water on the fourth floor, but there is on the ground floor.
Э, сэр? На доске́ написана не экспоненциальная фу́нкция, а тригонометрическая. Er, Sir? What's written on the blackboard isn't an exponential function but a trigonometric one ...
Некоторые кра́сные, а други́е бе́лые. Some are red and others are white.
В суббо́ту мы пошли́ в кино́, а потом в рестора́н. On Saturday we went to the movies, then to the restaurant.
В спа́льне у неё стоя́л столик. А на нём маленькая буты́лочка. There was a small table in her bedroom, and on the table - a little bottle.
Я скорее предпочита́ю чита́ть, а не писать. I prefer reading to writing.
Ты не помнишь, а я никогда не забу́ду. You don't remember, I'll never forget.
У нас две кошки: одна белая, а друга́я чёрная. We've got two cats - one is white, and the other's black.
Челове́к предполага́ет, а Бог располага́ет. Man plans things, but the gods decide.