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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).
often used word (#534)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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by
Also: near, around, about
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- Не ходите вокруг да около; у нас пробле́мы или как? Don't pussyfoot around the issue; do we have a problem, or don't we?
- Переста́нь ходи́ть вокруг да около и расскажи́ мне, что произошло́. Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.
- Я ложу́сь спать около десяти. I go to bed about ten.
- Я засыпа́ю около полу́ночи. I go to sleep at about midnight.
- Наш рестора́н нахо́дится около ю́жной авто́бусной остано́вки. Our restaurant is near the southern bus station.
- В наше́й шко́ле у́чится около ты́сячи уча́щихся. Our school has about one thousand students.
- Ча́шка ри́са ве́сит около ста восьмидесяти гра́ммов. A bowl of rice is about 180 grams.
- Одна кни́га то́нкая, а друга́я - то́лстая. В то́лстой кни́ге около 200 страни́ц. One book is thin and the other is thick; the thick one has about 200 pages.
- Слова́рь соде́ржит около полумиллио́на слов. The dictionary contains about half a million words.
- Я встре́тил её в кафе́ около ста́нции. I met her in a coffee shop near the station.
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