◻️ Episode’s notes

🔺Праздновать = отмечать – to celebrate

🔺Праздник – a holiday, a feast

🔺Радостный / радость / приносить радость – joyful / joy / to bring joy

🔺Новогоднее настроение / у меня нет настроения (что-то делать) – New Year mood / I’m not in the mood (to do sth)

🔺Готовиться / подготовиться к (dat.) – to get ready to (sth)

🔺Отравиться (мандаринами) – to get poisoned (with mandarins)

🔺Разлить шампанское по бокалам (dat.) - to pour champagne into glasses

🔺Поднять тост – to raise a toast

🔺Поздравлять с Новым годом (inst.) – to congratulate with the New Year

🔺Запутанно – confusing

🔺Собираться (вместе) – to get together

🔺Зимнее солнцестояние – Winter solstice

🔺Отсутствие (новогоднего настроения) – absence

🔺Украсть – to steal

🔺Удовлетворять (эмоциональные) потребности – to satisfy (emotional) needs

🔺Достижения – achievements

🔺Благодарность – gratitude

🔺Исполнить мечту – to make a dream come true

Hi there! This is my first video for Russian learners. Sorry for the weird lightning, I'm still learning and try to keep improving the quality in the next videos. Hope you'll find it useful :)

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Словарь

▫️воодушевление – enthusiasm

▫️душевная - heartwarming

▫️за границу - abroad

▫️приносить – to bring

▫️впечатления - impressions

▫️рассуждения - reflections

▫️обсудить - to discuss

▫️направление - destination

▫️личный - personal

▫️заодно - at the same time

▫️скорее всего - most likely

▫️помешать - to interfere, to stop from

▫️повезти – to get lucky

▫️влиять на - to influence

▫️безвизовые - visa-free

▫️избежать - to avoid

▫️рейс - flight

▫️пересадка - a stopover

▫️позволить себе - to allow, to afford

▫️безопасность - safety

▫️отложить - to postpone

▫️страховка - insurance police

▫️очарование - charm, magic

▫️удивить - to surprise

Всем привет! In this episode we'll talk about one of the most popular language apps - Duolingo. I'll share my experience using this app, and why I think, in some cases, Duolingo could be quite a useful tool for language learning.

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Словарь ▫️приложение – application▫️пользователь – user▫️вести себя - to behave▫️ожить - to come to life▫️противоположные мнения – opposite opinions ▫️крайние мнения – extreme opinions▫️достичь - to reach, to achieve▫️потеря времени - a waste of time▫️подходить - to suit▫️уверенный – solid▫️бросать - to give up, to quit▫️родной язык - your native tongue▫️французского происхождения - of French origin▫️цель - a goal, an objective▫️ставить цель - to set a goal▫️из любопытства - out of curiosity▫️посвящать - to dedícate▫️зависит от ваших обстоятельств - depends on your circumstances▫️целое предложение - the whole sentence▫️я сомневаюсь - I doubt▫️искусственный интеллект (ИИ) - artificial intelligence

Всем привет! In this episode of Easy Russian listening you'll learn a lot of vocabulary to talk better and more detailed about your weekends.

We'll look into the verb "заниматься" as it's super useful and could be used in a lot of contexts. Also, we'll divide all the activities that we do at the weekend in 4 groups: home, city, nature and weekend getaway. This way, you'll be able to describe any type of weekend you might have.

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Словарь

• полное выражение – full expression
• посвящать - to dedicate
• Во-первых - firstly, first of all
• заниматься – to be busy doing something, tobe engaged in some activity
• занятие – activity
• творительный падеж - Instrumental case
• возвратный, рефлексивный глагол - a reflexive verb
• любительски – amateurishly
• увлечение – hobby, interest, passion
• садоводство – gardening
• разделить - to divide
• выспаться – to have a good sleep
• недосыпать – to not get enough sleep
• восстановить - to restore
• в итоге - as a result
• пылесосить – to run the vacuum cleaner
• мыть полы – to wash, to mop the floor
• протирать пыль - to dust
• увлекательно – fascinating
• модный - fancy, trendy
• зависеть от - to depend on
• жители – residents
• жарить шашлык - to make barbecue
• поход – hiking
• обязательно – definitely
• если повезёт - if you get lucky
• относительно – relatively
• достопримечательности - places of interest
• подвести итоги – to sum up

Всем привет! In this episode we'll talk about a lot of history in Russian. We'll talk about the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, paganism and christianity, Catholic and Orthodox Church. And, ultimately, how all of this led to Moscow being called the Third Rome.

It's perfect for you if you're interested in history and want to learn more historical vocabulary in Russian. Hope you'll find this episode interesting.

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Словарь англ. / исп.

• православие, православное христианство, православная вера - Orthodoxy, la fe ortodoxa
• храм - a temple, un templo
• отличаться от – be different from, ser diferente de algo
• скамейка - a bench, un banco
• исповедовать какую-нибудь религию – to profess a religion, profesar una religión
• переносить, перенести - to transfer, trasladar
• перенос – a transfer, un traslado
• древнегреческий - ancient Greek, griego antiguo
• переименовать - to rename, cambiar de nombre
• язычество - paganism, paganismo
• разделилась - to split up, dividirse
• разделение - separation, separación
• Великое разделение - Great Schism, el Gran Cisma
• пасть - to fall, caer
• падение – the fall, la caída
• вторгнуться - to invade, invadir
• завоевать - to conquer, conquistar
• могущественный - powerful, poderoso
• признавать - to recognize, reconocer
• подчиняться - to obey, obedecer
• разбираться в чём-то – to be expert in something, serexpert en algo
• приведёт к сомнению - it will lead to doubt in faith, eso llevará a dudar la fe
• князь - a prince, un príncipe
• княгиня - a princess, una princesa
• княжество - a principality, un principado
• отклонить - to deny, negar
• крестить - to baptize, bautizar
• крещение - baptism, bautizo
• наследница - an heiress, una heredera
• наследник – an heir, un heredero

Всем привет! In this episode of Easy Russian listening you'll learn a lot of vocabulary related to weather and seasons of the year. Hopefully, it'll help you express yourself better talking about these topics.

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Словарь

• у вас - at your place
• к сожалению – unfortunately
• шёл дождь - it was raining
• зависят от ответа (gen.) – depend on the answer
• Бабье лето - Indian summer
• светит солнце - the sun is shining
• становиться – to get, to turn, to become
• листья, листики – leaves
• наступать – to come, to arrive
• играть в снежки – to play snowballs
• кататься на санках и коньках – to go sledding and skating
• несколько причин – a few reasons
• средняя температура – average temperature
• таять – to melt
• смешиваться – to mix up
• приносить (надежду, радость) – to bring (hope, joy)
• оживать – to come back to life
• Всё цветёт и пахнет - Everything is blooming and fragrant
• наслаждаться жизнью (instrum.) – to enjoy life
• закат - sunset
• рассвет - sunrise

Всем привет! In this episode we’ll discuss what are the most popular tourist destinations among Belarusians and Russians. Also, we’ll look into some statistics and compare two years - 2019 and 2024. This way we’ll see how tourism preferences for Belarusians and Russians have changed over the last 5 years, what are the current trends and their possibles causes.

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Hope you'll find this episode useful.

Привет! In this episode I'll teach you 5 interesting idioms in Russian that are commonly used by native speakers, so that you could also incorporate them to your passive and, eventually, to your active vocabulary.

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Hope you'll find this episode useful.

🔹 Делать из мухи слона – преувеличивать

🔹 Ждать у моря погоды - надеяться, что наша проблема решится сама собой, без нашего активного участия

🔹 Кататься как сыр в масле – жить в благополучии, ни в чём не нуждаться

🔹 Мир тесен – используется для описания ситуации, когда мы встречаем знакомых в самых неожиданных местах

🔹 Убить двух зайцев одним выстрелом – достичь двух целей одним действием

Всем привет! In this episode I talk about the Dostoevsky's novel "White nights" that has recently become popular among users on Tiktok. I give its brief description and reflect what are the reasons behind its sudden popularity among young people.

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Hope you'll find this episode useful.До скорых встреч :)