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New Russian words

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Здравствуйте! Я нахожу новые слова каждвый день, но у меня есть проблемы. Например, я изучала попёрхиваться и поперхнутся, они различные или одинаковые? Я спросила, потому что, например, стесняться и стеснится...

The verb тащить

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Здравствуйте! Я изучала глагола тащить но я не поняла оттащить, дотащить, притащить, затащить, т.д как могу я найти хорошую книга для этих глаголов? Я не могу изучать а интернете....

The difference between пояс and ремень

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I've come across 2 words for belt -- пояс and ремень. What is the difference between them? Which is best to describe a man's belt? Thank you!...

Russian words конь and лошадь

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In an episode of the series Anna the Detective a young lady who has been living abroad with her aristocratic Russian mother returns to Russia and goes into a stable...

Russian verb "to ask"

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I've come across 3 verbs that all mean "ask" in some way or the other -- спрашивать, просить, and задавать. But what is the difference between them? Thanks!...

Difference between "обновлять-обновить" and "возобновлять-возобновить"

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What is the difference in meaning and/or usage between the verbs обновлять and возобновлять? Thank you....

Difference between "учение" and "обучение"

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What is the difference in meaning between учение and обучение? And also, how in Russian can you express the idea of apprenticeship, that is to say when you learn a...

Meanings of "любит"

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I am curious about the possible meanings of любит. I fed Google Translate the following sentence “She likes him but she doesn’t love him” and got the following...

Difference between парад and шествие

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Is there much of a difference between the words парад and шествие or can they be used pretty much interchangeably? Many thanks....

Difference between помещаться and находиться

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I’ve run across two verbs which mean “to be located” – “помещаться” and “находиться”. Are they interchangeable? If you wanted to ask where something is,...

Difference between "платить-заплатить" and "оплачивать-оплатить"

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If you want to talk about paying a bill at a hotel or restaurant, which verb would be more commonly used: платиь/заплатиь or оплачивать/оплатить ? My dictionary gives both...

The difference between снижать and уменьшать

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As far as I can tell, снижать and уменьшать mean about the same thing -- to reduce, lessen, diminish. Is there a real difference? Thanks!...

Difference between куда and где

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¿Que diferencia hay entre usar Куда o Где? Whats the difference between Куда and Где? Thank you...

Difference between the prepositions за, от, с

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What is the difference between за and от and с...

Russian verb жарить

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my dictionary says both are жарить but how to distinguish roast chicken and fried chicken?...

"В 90-е годы" and "в 90-х годах"

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I've seen both в 90-ые годы and в 90-ых годах used and I'm not sure if there is any difference between the two - perhaps you could clarify. Many...

Difference between "замкнутый цикл" and "замкнутый круг"

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Hi, Is there a difference between замкнутый цикл and замкнутый круг? I take it to be that the former is neutral in tone and the latter is rather more negative -...

Difference between "оба" and "и то, и другое"

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Hi, Is there a difference in the use of и то и другое and оба or are they more or less synonymous? Many thanks...

Учебник русского языка and Экзамен по русскому языку

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What's the difference between Dative and Genitive with a "какой" question? Why "учебник русского языка" but "экзамен по русскому языку"?...