The main styles of speech in Russian allow you to express your thoughts in accordance with the desired situation and field of activity. For each manner of presentation, there are certain language means and its own construction structure
Languages 2024, November
Treasurer is a position that is present in all large organizations, including government ones. This profession involves a high degree of responsibility, an analytical mindset and the need to improve skills
What is a dol? This is a valley and low terrain. This is a groove on the blade. In different dialects, this word can mean a ravine, a pit, and even a grave. About the origin of the word and its ancient roots, about stable combinations and phraseological units. Usage examples
Probably if adjectives suddenly disappeared from our vocabulary, people would still be able to communicate. Other parts of speech would be quite enough to express primitive needs: I need this, I want this! But without the words with which we describe beauty and ugliness, love and sadness, weakness and power, language as such would no longer exist
To the credit of many Internet site visitors, they are interested not only in the personal lives of movie stars, but also in literacy issues. "How to write: "come" or "come"? is a question frequently asked by users of the World Wide Web. Let's try to figure it out
The word "import" and its derivatives are used quite often in Russian. But do we always understand their meaning well? What does "import" mean?
What is economic translation? Definition of the term. Types of economic translation, features and requirements for specialists
The word "decree" is widely used in politics, the media, as well as in colloquial speech. Initially, it denoted an order of the governing bodies and was associated with a decision that is not subject to appeal and is mandatory for universal execution
Our language is multifaceted and rich. Sometimes, using a particular word, we do not think about the boundaries of its meaning. We know that the Earth is the name of our planet, and the earth is part of its surface, land, soil. Also, everyone knows that the world is the whole system surrounding us and at the same time the world is the absence of enmity, life without war. We express some semantically different interpretations by the same lexical units, which are words with several meanings
It's no secret that every language has its own characteristics. A Russian-speaking person forms negation using the particle “not”. But negation in English is expressed in other ways. Consider examples
"Nitz" is a word that fell into disuse some ten centuries ago. About the literature in which it was found and in what cases it was used is described in this article
NII is a research institute. Why is it called the "mail box" and "sharashka's office"? What did university graduates do at the research institute?
In our time, ignorance of English turns into a disadvantage that can poison life. Luckily, fixing it isn't that hard
Abbreviations have firmly entered both the professional lexicon and colloquial speech. However, in order to use them correctly in communication, a person must know the exact decoding. There are no difficulties with popular structures like the Russian Federation, Moscow State University, VGIK - after all, they are always well known. What about the less popular ones? Today we learn more about the abbreviation LPU
Wedge is a word that has a very large number of meanings. It is also used in many proverbs, sayings, set phrases. The article will provide detailed information that this is a wedge and indicate the meaning of two phraseological units in which the word is present
Despite the fact that in Russian, degrees of comparison are not the easiest topic to learn, when learning English, a number of difficulties can arise, which can be avoided by remembering a few simple rules
The spelling "n" and "nn" in the suffixes of some parts of speech is one of the topics that makes you strain your memory in order to remember the rules once learned at school
Do you know what the true meaning of the word "dude" is? Who is called that and where did it come from in Russian? Let's figure it out
The artist, drawing a portrait, tries to make it look like a sitter with every stroke of the brush. And in oral speech, the role of such strokes is performed by adjectives that characterize a person
The meaning of the word "nishtyak" depends on the context, intonation and social environment. What does it mean, and how to use it correctly?
Often, when we use words, we don't think about their true meaning or origin. Why, because everything is clear, it would seem, at the level of intuition. The word "loh" is a prime example. What does it mean and where did it come from in our vocabulary?
Modern Russian dictionary contains many fairly well-known terms, which can be spelled with errors. For example, how do you spell "institution" or "institution"? Where did this word come from? Let's try to figure it out
The formation of new words is a very important process. He says that the language does not stand still, it develops, is in motion. The process of becoming a word as a particle of the language is very long, because the speakers must get used to it. New words are called neologisms. And the science that studies the ways of their appearance is word formation
The concept of a role, that is, what a role is, is very broad. It can be used in various fields, therefore, in various meanings
Often, the viewer of American films had to hear the greeting "aloha", originally from Hawaii. This is where knowledge of the Hawaiian language usually ends. Let's find out a little more about him
Hearing the expression about seven spans in the forehead, everyone knows that we are talking about a very smart person. And, of course, the question of what this axiom is based on, which states that intelligence depends on the size of the upper part of the head, does not occur to anyone anymore
Visually, it is, first of all, interesting. When using the adverb, whatever we talk about comes out scientifically or elegantly. Some put an equal sign between these concepts. We will not make such a mistake. Let us analyze the adverb, that is, the meaning of the word "visually"
The history of the Spanish expression "No pasaran!": appearance, features of use, modern interpretation
A trip abroad is always accompanied by a desire to have a good time, but to do this without knowing at least the basic words or phrases of the world language? Or how to learn a language if there is no free time? How do they teach English at Skillset school in different cities of Russia, let's see the reviews?
Many of us, at least once having done a job of poor quality, could hear from others that it was done carelessly. But what is the meaning of this definition? In this article we will talk about the origin of the word "careless" and its meanings
People are used to the fact that a reptile is primarily a curse word. For example, a person does not approve of the behavior of his neighbor and says: “Yes, he is such a bastard, he steals bricks from a construction site and stacks them in his dacha!” But this word has another meaning, which we will analyze with great pleasure. It is by now slightly outdated, that is, it is rarely used
What is the difference between an inconsistent definition and an agreed one? An article about the features of two types of definitions, their differences and ways of expression
In Russian, a word can have many meanings, and their number sometimes reaches several dozen
This article describes the basic several levels of English. If you have some knowledge in this area, but are wondering how good your level of English really is, the test below is just for you. There will be nothing difficult! Determining the level of English proficiency will only require trying on the proposed situations for your knowledge
Verb is perhaps the most used unit of our native language. It is found in texts written in an artistic, scientific, journalistic style, in colloquial and literary genres
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English is an international language that is very, very unprofitable not to know today. It has many different difficulties and incomprehensible moments that are not in the Russian language. For example, can is a verb belonging to the group of modal and denoting the physical skill of a person
Today our language is full of many words that came to us from the English language. So, shortlist - what is it?
Leprosy is a well-known disease, but people, in general, know little about it. It seems that this is a taboo subject and should be talked about in whispers in the kitchen. But it's not. Knowledge, even if general, is never superfluous
Man's life is long. And he now and then finds himself in different situations, funny and tragic. Today we'll talk about the first. How to identify a person who is in an awkward position? There is such a phraseological unit "to sit in a galosh." It is suitable for characterizing an embarrassing situation