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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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only
Also: as soon as
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- И побе́да, и пораже́ние — всего лишь повседневные ве́щи для солда́та. Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier.
- Лишь недавно лю́ди осозна́ли, как важна́ охра́на приро́ды. It is only recently that people have begun to realize the importance of nature conservation.
- Я всего лишь говорю́! I'm just saying!
- Он лишь недавно за́нял ме́сто. He just barely succeeded.
- Когда она была́ студе́нткой, она ходи́ла на дискоте́ку лишь один раз. When she was a student, she went to the disco only once.
- Не говори́те ерунды́! Мы не происхо́дим от обезья́н, у нас лишь есть о́бщий пре́док. Don't be ridiculous! We are not descended from apes, we only have a common ancestor.
- И́стина сжига́ет и уничтожа́ет все стихи́и, показывая, что они лишь тень ее. Truth burns and destroys all elements, showing that they are merely its shadow.
- Она спо́рит лишь ради того́, чтобы спо́рить. She argues just for the sake of arguing.
- Боб отдал Ти́не почти все ма́рки, кото́рые собра́л, оставив себе лишь не́сколько. Bob gave Tina almost all the stamps he had collected, and kept only a few for himself.
- В конце́ концо́в, она всего лишь ребёнок. She is a child after all.
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