• Угомонить (perf.)
  [u-ga-ma-nit']
  To make someone behave quietly, stop making noise or shouting.

Origin:
'Угомонить' comes from the noun 'гомон' which means 'гам, шум' (noise).

Synonym:
• Успокоить (perf.)
  [us-pa-ko-it']
  To calm someone down

Also:
• Угомониться (reflexive, perf.)
  [u-ga-ma-ni-tsa]
  To calm oneself down, compose oneself
=
• Успокоиться (reflexive, perf.)
  [us-pa-ko-i-tsa]

Example:
• Он быстро угомонил обоих.
[on by-stra u-ga-ma-nil a-bo-ikh]
🇬🇧 He quickly calmed them both down.
 
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• Это могли быть мы, но ты на работе.
[e-ta mag-li byt' my, no ty na ra-bo-te]
🇬🇧 It could have been us, but you are at work.

😉 Send this Russian joke to your beloved.

#just_a_joke

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​​• С Днём России!
  [z dnyom ra-si-i]

❤️Russia is the largest country in the world, washed by twelve seas, the Siberian taiga is the largest forest on the planet.

❤️The Ural Mountains are the oldest mountains on the planet, dating back 4.2 billion years.

❤️There has never been slavery in Russia. Serfdom was abolished in 1861.

❤️Equality between men and women was proclaimed in 1918, earlier than in Europe and America.

❤️Ivan the Terrible wasn't a tyrant. European monarchs executed 100 times more people than Ivan the Terrible. He also didn't kill his son.

❤️The world's most popular computer game, Tetris, was created in 1985 by a Soviet programmer Pajitnov.

❤️The Hermitage is one of the world's largest museums. If you examine its exhibits for 1 minute, it'll take you 8 hours daily for 25 years!

❤️Russia is the birthplace of many sports, e.g. sambo. Recently, a new one appeared - helicopter golf.

С Днём России, товарищи!

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• Русь
  [rus']
  Rus'

Also:
• Святая Русь
  [sve-ta-ya rus']
  Saint Rus'

• Россия
  [ra-si-ya]
  Russia

🔻The ancient common name of our state in the XI-XIV centuries was the word 'Русь'.

🔻The word 'Россия' has been regularly used in writing since the 15th century. The sound similarity of these words is not accidental: it is explained by the fact that 'Россия' ultimately goes back to the word 'Русь'.

🔻At the same time, the history of the word 'Россия' reflects the centuries-old cultural and historical relationship between Rus' (Russia) and the Byzantine Empire.

🔻The name 'Россия' goes back to the Greek 'Росиа' (Rosia) - this is how the name of the state of Rus' was conveyed in the Byzantine Empire from the 10th century.

🔻From the end of the 15th century, the term 'Россия' began to be used as the self-name of the Russian state with its center in Moscow.

▶️🎵The song Матушка Земля (Russian+transcription+English)

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🌝Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Влажный (masc.adj.)
  [vlazh-nyj]
  Wet, humid, containing water

• Влага (femin.noun)
  [vla-ga]
  Humidity, moisture

• Увлажнять (imperf.)
  [uv-lazh-yat']
=
• Увлажнить (perf.)
  [uv-lazh-nit']
  To wet, moisten

Examples:
• Влажный воздух
  [vlazh-nyj voz-dukh]
  Humid air

• Влажный корм для кошек
  [vlazh-nyj korm dlya  ko-shek]
  Wet cat food

• Влажный кашель
  [vlazh-nyj ka-shel']
  Moisten cough

• Влажные мечты
  [vlazh-ny-ye mich-ty]
  💢Colloquial: Wet dreams (dreams about sex)

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#useful_vocabulary

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🔢🔢🔢 Цвета-1 / Colours-1:

• Каждый Охотник Желает Знать, Где Сидит Фазан.
[kazh-dyj a-khot-nik zhy-la-yet znat' gde si-dit fa-zan]
🇬🇧 Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant sits.

🔻This is a mnemonic phrase used to remember the primary colours of the visible spectrum of light radiation. It is a so-called acrostic poem.

🔻In this phrase, the initial letter of each word corresponds to the initial letter of the name of a certain colour:
Каждый -> К -> Красный

1. Красный
    [kras-nyj]
    Red

2. Оранжевый
    [o-ran-zhe-vyj]
    Orange

3. Жёлтый
    [zhol-tyj]
Yellow

4. Зелёный
    [zi-lyo-nyj]
    Green

5. Голубой
    [ga-lu-boy]
    Light blue

6. Синий
    [si-niy]
    Dark blue

7. Фиолетовый
    [fi-a-le-ta-vyj]
    Violet

📎This is just a rainbow. LGBTWTF😉is prohibited in Russia.

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You can find other posts with basic Russian vocabulary with the following hashtags 👇

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• Таксист (таксисты) (masc.noun)
  [tak-sist (tak-sis-ty)]
  A taxi driver(s)

😉If you happen to come to Belarus and catch an average taxi.

Video: ™️dibur_official

#just_a_joke

#useful_vocabulary

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🌚 (НЕ) ВЕЧЕРНИЙ
Немного вечерней красоты...

📍A Russian town Plyos

Video: tormus

#chat_box

#make_friends

☀️Добрый день всем!

• Дилемма - выбор между двумя возможностями.
[vy-bar mezh-du dvu-mya vaz-mozh-na-sti-mi]
🇬🇧 Dilemma is choosing between two possibilities.

• Альтернатива - необходимость выбора между исключающими друг друга вариантами.
[al'-ter-na-ti-va - ni-ob-kha-di-mast' vy-ba-ra mezh-du is-klu-cha-yu-shchi-mi druk dru-ga va-ri-an-ta-mi]
🇬🇧 An alternative is the need to choose between mutually exclusive options.

❓На видео 'дилемма' или 'альтернатива'?

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🍷С пятницей, товарищи!

• Бокал пушистого
  [ba-kal pu-shys-ta-va]
SLT: А glass of fluffy

🗝
• Бокал игристого (вина)
  [ba-kal ig-ris-ta-va (vi-na)]
  А glass of sparkling (wine)

#linguistic_joke

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