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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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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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by
Also: near, around, about
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- Э́та гора́ около трёх ты́сяч метров в высоту́. That mountain is about three thousand meters high.
- Я встре́тил её в кафе́ около ста́нции. I met her in a coffee shop near the station.
- Литр молока́ соде́ржит около тридцати гра́ммов протеи́на. A liter of milk contains about thirty grams of protein.
- В шко́ле 41 учи́тель и около 800 ученико́в. There are forty-one teachers and about eight hundred students in this school.
- Там бы́ло около ты́сячи челове́к. There were about one thousand people.
- Она жила там около пяти лет. She lived there about five years.
- Я засыпа́ю около полу́ночи. I go to sleep at about midnight.
- Летом в А́нглии со́лнце восхо́дит около 4 часо́в утра. In England, in the summer, the sun rises at about 4 a.m.
- Ды́рка около 5 футов в диа́метре. The hole is about five feet across.
- Переста́нь ходи́ть вокруг да около и скажи́ начистоту, чего ты от меня хо́чешь. Stop beating around the bush and tell me plainly what you want from me.
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