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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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- Иногда он ведёт меня так, словно он мой босс. Sometimes he acts as if he were my boss.
- Лю́ди с удалёнными коне́чностями продолжа́ют чу́вствовать их, словно они всё ещё там. People with amputated limbs continue to feel them as if they were still there.
- Ты разговариваешь, словно нача́льник. You talk as if you were the boss.
- Он говори́т так, словно знал престу́пника. He speaks as if he knew the criminal.
- Он говори́т так, словно зна́ет э́тот секре́т. He talks as if he knew the secret.
- Она говори́т о Пари́же так, словно она была́ там много раз. She talks about Paris as if she had been there many times.
- Же́нщина говори́т так, словно она учи́тель. The woman speaks as if she were a teacher.
- В Петербу́рге мы сойдемся снова, / Словно со́лнце мы похорони́ли в нем. We shall meet again in Petersburg, as if there we had buried the sun.
- Мария чу́вствовала себя так, словно Том раздева́ет её взгля́дом. Mary felt like Tom was undressing her with his eyes.
- Глава́ отде́ла заста́вил меня паха́ть словно раба́. The section chief made me work like a slave.
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