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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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inside out
Also: back to front, the wrong way, on the contrary
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- Иску́сство подража́ет жи́зни куда ча́ще, нежели наоборот. Life imitates art more often than the other way around.
- Посмотри́, что де́лают все, и сде́лай наоборот. Watch what everyone does and do the opposite.
- «Ты зако́нчила?» — «Как раз наоборот, я даже ещё и не начала». Have you finished? "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
- Войны не прино́сят мир. Они, наоборот, несу́т боль и горе обеим сторона́м. War doesn't bring on peace; on the contrary, it brings pains and grief on both sides.
- Чтобы измени́ть едини́цы измере́ния с метри́ческих на брита́нские или наоборот, необходимо нажа́ть на кно́пку «меню́». To change the units from metric to imperial and vice versa, the 'menu' button must be clicked.
- Пока неизвестно, огуре́ц ли зарази́л челове́ка или наоборот. It's not clear whether the cucumber infected the people, or if the people infected the cucumber.
- Он не лентя́й. Наоборот, я ду́маю, что он трудоголик. He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
- Он не лентя́й. Наоборот, я ду́маю, что он рабо́тает изо всех сил. He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
- Как раз наоборот, э́то я должен проси́ть проще́ния. Quite the contrary, I'm the one who must ask for forgiveness.
- Совсем не пра́вда, что Джек плох в му́зыке. Наоборот, он очень хорошо игра́ет на пиани́но. It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well.
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