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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

Also: yet

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oh

Also: ah, oh well

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Человек-паук круто́й. А пауки́ — нет. Spider-Man is cool. Spiders are NOT.
Некоторые кра́сные, а други́е бе́лые. Some are red and others are white.
А вы могли́ бы потише? Can you keep the noise down?
Мо́жет быть, а мо́жет быть нет... Maybe, maybe not...
Нет, не я, а ты! No, not me, but you!
Пошли́ сейчас. А то опозда́ем. Let’s go now. Otherwise, we’ll be late.
А да, у меня за́втра что-то есть. Oh right, I have something tomorrow.
Сего́дня мне скорее хочется прогуля́ться, а не остава́ться дома. I feel like going out rather than staying at home today.
А пра́вда, что «Спасибо» по-вьетнамски звучи́т «Come on»? Is it true that "Thank you" sounds like "Come on" in Vietnamese?
Взгляну́л я и не узна́л прежнего челове́ка: то в лице́ его была́ смерть, а теперь вдруг стал живо́й, и в лице́ его я узна́л бо́га. I looked up, and did not recognize the same man: before, I had seen death in his face; but now he was alive, and I recognized in him the presence of God.