🇬🇧 In Rus', the husband called his wife:
• Душа моя
  [du-sha ma-ya]
  My soul

and the wife (called) his husband:
• Свет очей моих
   [svet a-chey ma-yikh]
  The light of my eyes
(очи <- глаза (eyes))

And no zoo (animal) names, like 'зайка'🐇, 'киса'🐈).

❓A как вы называете жену/мужа?

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🤯 This is what happens to your neurons when you learn a new Russian word from my daily posts.

Учите новые слова!

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🇬🇧 The coolest socks I've ever seen.
With the socks like these you can tell your boss that you have paws.

▶️ Я не могу, у меня лапки! (revision)

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😁As soon as the snow that fell on May 9 melted, Russians are like:

• Жарить шашлык (imperfective)
[zha-rit' shash-lyk]
To barbecue

🔻Surprisingly, but in official Russian there is no plural form for the masculine noun 'шашлык' as it denotes a dish. Whereas in spoken Russian you will definitely hear 'шашлыки'.

🔻The word 'шашлык' is the Russian pronunciation of a word of Turkic origin. In Russian everyday life, the word 'шашлык' appeared around the 18th century, from the Crimean Tatars, who had a slightly different sound - 'шишлык' [shy-shlyk]. The word “шиш” is translated as a pike, skewer, and 'лык' is meat.

🎧🗣👇 Listen, check grammar forms and practice.

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👋Доброе утро всем!

• Затаив дыхание
[za-ta-if dy-kha-ni-nye]
SLT: Having bated one's breath
With bated breath (in an excited or anxious way)

• Ученики слушали любимого учителя затаив дыхание.
[u-chi-ni-ki slu-sha-li lyu-bi-ma-va u-chi-ti-lya za-ta-if dy-kha-ni-ye]
🇬🇧 The students listened/were listening to their favourite teacher with bated breath.

🔻This participial phrase (phraseological unit) is not separated by commas in the sentence.

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• Избавиться (от + genitive)
  [iz-ba-vi-tsa (at)]
  To get rid (of)

• Теперь вы знаете, как избавиться от подруги на прогулке. Не благодарите!
[ti-per' vy zna-ye-te kak iz-ba-vi-tsa at pad-ru-gi na pra-gul-ke. ni bla-ga-da-ri-te]
🇬🇧 Now you know how to get rid of your girlfriend on a walk. Don't thank me!

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