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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).

о́коло

often used word (#534)

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Also: near, around, about

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Ему около тридцати. He is about thirty.
Э́та гора́ около трёх ты́сяч метров в высоту́. That mountain is about three thousand meters high.
Он пришел около двух. He came about two.
Пое́здка на Гавайи стоит около 200 до́лларов. A trip to Hawaii costs around 200 dollars.
Мы прошли́ пешком около шести километров. We walked for about 6 kilometers.
Литр молока́ соде́ржит около тридцати гра́ммов протеи́на. A liter of milk contains about thirty grams of protein.
Ему около соро́ка лет. He is about forty.
Около двух неде́ль. Approximately two weeks.
Мой менструа́льный цикл составля́ет около четырёх неде́ль. My menstrual cycle is about every four weeks.
Переста́нь ходи́ть вокруг да около и расскажи́ мне, что произошло́. Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.