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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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as if
Also: like
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- У меня тако́е впечатле́ние, словно дождь шёл весь день. I'm under the impression that it's been raining all day.
- Том ведёт себя так, словно он даже не зна́ет, кто така́я Мэри. Tom acts like he doesn't even know who Mary is.
- Он всегда говори́т так, словно зна́ет всё. He always talks as if he knows everything.
- Том вёл себя так, словно ничего не зна́ет об э́том. Tom acted as if he knew nothing about it.
- Наконец меня словно осени́ло и я по́нял, что Том име́л в ви́ду. It finally dawned on me what Tom meant.
- Я словно был в тра́нсе. It was like I was in a trance.
- Том - словно член семьи. Tom is like one of the family.
- Она вы́глядела так, словно собира́лась снова запла́кать. She looked like she was going to start crying again.
- Кэн говори́т так, словно всё зна́ет. Ken talks as if he knew everything.
- Она проста́ словно ребёнок. She is as simple as a child.
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