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меж

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1.
between, among, betwixt
Меж на́ми не бы́ло секре́тов.
There were no secrets between us.
Poetic or archaic short form of между; used with the instrumental (occasionally genitive).
2.
inter-
межгосуда́рственные отноше́ния
interstate relations
Only as the first element of compounds, e.g. межгосударственный.

Usage info

This word is a preposition

Examples

Он зажат меж двух огне́й.
He is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
С трудо́м верится, как ве́жливы вдруг ста́ли меж собой Том и Йоханнес. Что ж там случи́лось?
It’s hard to believe how polite Tom and Johannes have suddenly become toward each other. So what happened?
Меж Сциллой и Харибдой.
Between Scylla and Charybdis.
В тот ве́чер влюблённая па́ра гуля́ла по тени́стой доли́не меж высо́ких гор.
That evening, the couple in love went for a walk through a shady valley between high mountains.

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among between betwixt inter-