• Сосать лапу (imperfective)
  [sa-sat' la-pu]
  SLT: To suck (your own) paw

🔻This literal meaning is also actual in terms of bears which hibernate throughout the winter.

🔻However, this phraseological unit 'сосать лапу' also means to experience need, а lack of material resources. The issue is not necessarily about a lack of food, but rather about a lack of money.

Origin:
Most likely, the phraseological unit arose from the observations of hunters who saw bears in hibernation, which curled up and buried their faces in their paws.

Example:
• Если мы сейчас съездим в отпуск, то потом в течение пары месяцев будем сосать лапу.
[yes-li my siy-chas s"yez-dim v ot-pusk, to pa-tom f ti-che-niyi pa-ry me-syi-tsev bu-dim sa-sat' la-pu]
🇬🇧 If we go on vacation now, then we will be short of money for a couple of months.

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🔻Prefix ПЕРЕ- means:

🔢 to move from one place to another:

• ПЕРЕехать (perfective)
  [pi-ri-ye-khat']
  To move to a new place

🔢 to go through:

• ПЕРЕходить (+an object) (imperfective)
  [pi-ri-kha-dit']
  To cross (a road)

🔢 a repeated action or the same action done differently:

• ПЕРЕдумать (+infinitive) (perfective)
  [pi-ri-du-mat']
  To change one's mind

• Oй, я передумал кусаться!
[oy, ya pi-ri-du-mal ku-sa-tsya]
🇬🇧 Oh, I changed my mind about biting!

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🔢🔢🔢 Вопросительные слова / Question words:

1. Что?
     [shto]
     What?
• Что это такое?
[shto e-ta ta-ko-ye]
🇬🇧 What's this?

    Какой?
    [ka-koy]
    What (+noun)
• Какой спорт ты любишь?
[ka-koy sport ty lyu-bish]
🇬🇧 What sport do you like?

    Который?
    [ka-to-ryj]
    Which?
• Который путь короче?
[ka-to-ryj put' ka-ro-che]
🇬🇧 Which way is shorter?

2. Кто?
    [kto]
    Who?
• Кто ты, воин?
[kto ty vo-in]
🇬🇧 Who are you, warrior?

3. Как?
    [kak]
    How?
• Как ты себя чувствуешь?
[kak ty si-bya choost-vu-yesh]
🇬🇧 How are you feeling?

4. Когда?
    [kag-da]
    When?
• Когда ты придёшь?
[kag-da ty pri-dyosh]
🇬🇧 When will you come?

5. Где?
    [dgye]
    Where?
• Где ты сейчас?
[gdye ty sey-chas]
🇬🇧 Where are you now?

6. Почему?
    [pa-chi-mu]
    Why?
• Почему ты здесь?
[pa-chi-mu ty zdes']
🇬🇧 Why are you here?

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• Втащить
  [vta-shchit']
  SLT: To drag something into (literally)

• (Нам) Надо втащить эту тяжёлую коробку в гараж.
[(nam) na-da fta-shchit' e-tu ka-rop-ku v ga-rash]
🇬🇧 (We) need to drag this heavy box into the garage.

💢 In colloquial language 'втащить' also means:

🔢 to hit someone (⚠️a rude, but wide-spread meaning)

• Я щас тебе втащу, если ты не закроешь рот.
[ya shchas ti-be fta-shchu es-li ty ni zak-ro-yesh rot]
🇬🇧 I'll hit you if you don't shut up.

🔢 to cope with a difficult task, lead the whole team to victory

• Я один втащил этот проект!
[ya a-din fta-shchil e-tat pra-yekt]
🇬🇧 I was the only one who led/brought this project to success!

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🔻The most beautiful space woman in our country, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, Hero of the Soviet Union, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, turns 87 today!

🔻Valentina Vladimirovna made one space flight with a duration of staying in space for 2 days 22 hours 50 minutes.

🔻She remains the only woman in the world who has completed a stellar voyage alone.

🔻Tereshkova made the world's first flight of a female cosmonaut - on June 16, 1963 on the Vostok-6 spacecraft. The launch took place at Baikonur.

🔻At the same time, the Vostok-5 spacecraft, piloted by cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, was in orbit.

🔻On the day of her flight into space, Tereshkova told her family that she was leaving for a parachute competition; they learned about the flight from the news on the radio.

📎 There are also stamps devoted to Valentina Tereshkova and her flight (see photos by our subscriber in the chat)

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