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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 я вы́расту, ста́ну лётчиком. А ты кем будешь? When I grow up, I'll be a pilot. And what will you be?
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.
А почему Вы спра́шиваете? Why do you ask?
Э́ти ту́фли мои́, а те твои́. These are my shoes and those are yours.
Некоторые кра́сные, а други́е бе́лые. Some are red and others are white.
А потом? And then?
Нет, не я, а ты! No, not me, but you!
Ты не помнишь, а я никогда не забу́ду. You don't remember, I'll never forget.
У бра́тьев Гримм Кра́сное Шапочко сре́днего рода, а у Шарля Перро мужско́го. Brothers Grimm’s Little Red Riding Hood has a neutral gender, while Charles Perrault’s has a masculine one.
А, так вот как до́ят коро́ву? Ah, so that's how you milk a cow?