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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).
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round
Also: around
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- Я посмотре́л вокруг, но ничего не уви́дел. I looked around, but saw nothing.
- Мы ве́рили, что Земля́ враща́ется вокруг Со́лнца. We believed that the earth moves round the sun.
- Они собрались вокруг ками́на. They gathered about the fireplace.
- Если полу́чится, я хочу́ отпра́виться в путеше́ствие вокруг све́та. I want to go on a journey around the world if possible.
- Я хоте́ла бы путеше́ствовать вокруг све́та. I'd like to travel around the world.
- Мир не ве́ртится вокруг тебя. The world doesn't revolve around you.
- Плане́ты движутся вокруг неподви́жной звезды́. Planets move around a fixed star.
- Дура́к всегда счита́ет, что все вокруг дураки́. A fool always believes that it is the others who are fools.
- Насколько можно бы́ло ви́деть, вокруг не бы́ло никаки́х при́знаков жи́зни. As far as the eye could reach, there was no sign of life.
- Со́тни солда́т молча е́ли вокруг костро́в. Hundreds of soldiers ate in silence around their campfires.
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