The Word's Worth

The Word's Worth episodes

June 25, 2021 How to Survive a Russian Heat Wave
Don't drink hot coffee. Don't work (brain fog). Wear nighties to the store. And moan about the heat.
9 min
June 20, 2021 How to Interpret a President
Everyone's an interpreter! Or at least, everyone loves to criticize interpreters...
11 min
June 11, 2021 The Many Faces of Живопырка
A magical word that seems to acquire new meanings wherever it goes.
10 min
June 04, 2021 On, Near, About and Round About in Russian
Another in my series of Mastering Russian Prepositions, this one is all about being near.
11 min
May 28, 2021 Maybe I May Be But Probably I'm Not
Maybe seems like such an easy concept. Может быть I'm wrong? Or is that быть может?
11 min
May 21, 2021 No Way, No How, No Matter What
What do courts and approaches and truth have to do with no one, nothing and no?
10 min
May 14, 2021 The No's Have It in Russian
How many ways can you say "no" in Russian? You have no idea...
11 min
April 09, 2021 Cleaning House the Russian Way
All you need are four verbs to satisfy all your cleaning, washing, polishing and murderous needs.
12 min
April 02, 2021 My Sweet Little Buggie-Wuggie
When you see someone small and cute, start piling on the sibilants.
9 min
March 26, 2021 The Monster Under the Bed
How to talk about human monsters in Russian - or how to avoid hearing about them.
9 min

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