😁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.

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🌝Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Подвинуться (perfective, reflexive: the action is being performed by the subject upon oneself)
  [pad-vi-nu-tsa]
  To move aside/over

🔻This verb comes from:

• Подвинуть (perfective)
  [pad-vi-nut']
  To move (something from one
   place to another)

🔻Prefix ПО- has several meanings (as almost everything in our great and mighty Russian 😅) but here it means to perform a small action, to move something but a bit.

💢 In spoken Russian you can also come across the following collocation:

• Извини - подвинься!
  [iz-vi-ni pad-vin'-sya]
  SLT: Sorry - move over!
  Oh, no, that won't do!
  Thanks but no thanks!

🔻It is used to express refusal, disagreement or objection:

• Ты хотел, чтобы я уступил тебе место? Ну, извини-подвинься! Я тоже устал.
🇬🇧 Did you want me to give you my seat? Well, no way! I'm tired too.

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И снова доброе утро! И да, снова понедельник, товарищи, держимся🤕))

• Лень (femin.noun, no.plural form)
  [len']
  Laziness

💢Also:
• Мне лень (+ imperfective).
[mnye len']
I'm just lazy (to do something).

• Лентяй (лентяи) (masc.noun)
  [lin-tyay (lin-tya-i)]
  A lazy man/boy, a lazy-bones

• Лентяйка (лентяйки) (femin.noun)
  [lin-tyay-ka (lin-tyay-ki)]
  A lazy woman/girl, an idler

• Ленивый (masc.adjective)
  [li-ni-vyj]
  Lazy, idle

• Лениться (imperfective asp.)
  [li-ni-tsa]
  To be lazy, to idle (about)

💢Also colloquial nouns:

• Пофигист (пофигисты) (masc.)
  [pa-fi-gist (pa-fi-gis-ty)]
=
• Пофигистка (пофигистки) (femin.)
  [pa-fi-gis-tka (pa-fi-gis-tki)]
  🇬🇧 The one who doesn't
  care, a freewheeling type

• Да он пофигист восьмидесятого уровня!
[da on pa-fi-gist vas'-mi-di-sya-ta-va u-rav-nya]
🇬🇧 Well, he is a 'don't give a damn' type of the 80th level!

▶️ Пофиг! (Revision)

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👋Добрый день, товарищи!

ВИДЕТЬ - СМОТРЕТЬ - НАБЛЮДАТЬ (imperf.):

🔢Видеть (+ accus.)
     [vee-det']
    To see sth/smb

🔻Also colloquial:
• В упор не видеть
  [v u-por ni vi-det']
  Not to see at close range
  Deliberately not to notice
something

Example:
• Да он меня в упор не видит!
[da on mi-nya v u-por ni vi-dit]
🇬🇧 He ignores me deliberately!

🔢Смотреть (на + accus.)
    [sma-tret']
    To look (at smb/sth)

Example:
• Посмотри на себя!
  [pa-sma-tri na si-bya]
  Look at yourself!

🔻Also:
• Смотреть телевизор
   [smat-ret' ti-li-vi-zar]
   To watch tv

⚠️And its colloquial and pretty rude synonym is:
• Зырить
  [zy-rit']

Example:
• Чё зыришь?
  [chyo zy-rish]
  Why are you looking at me?
 
▶️Смотришь в книгу - видишь фигу! (a proverb)

🔢Наблюдать (за + instrum.)
    [na-blu-dat']
    To observe, to watch

Example:
• Мы за тобой наблюдаем.
[my za ta-boy na-blu-da-yim]
🇬🇧We're watching you.

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• Чувствовать себя как рыба в воде
[chus-tva-vat' si-by kak ry-ba v va-de]
To feel like a fish in water

Meaning:
To feel in one's element/totally at home, to take to something like a duck to water

🔻This collocation is also widely used in many European languages:

🇨🇵 Comme un poisson dans l’eau.
🇪🇸 Como un pez en el agua.
🇩🇪 Wie ein Fisch im Wasser.
❓How does it sound in your native language?

• На лыжах она чувствует себя как рыба в воде.
[na ly-zhakh ana chu-stvu-yet si-bya kak ry-ba v va-de]
🇬🇧 (While) skiing, she feels like a fish in water.

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• Очковать (imperf.)
  [ach-ka-vat']

Meaning:
It's a slang version of 'be afraid, to panic, to be scared, to freak out, to show cowardice'.

Origin:
Literally 'очковать' is a verb came from word 'очко' which is 'score', 'point', but also a slang for (rude!)⚠️ 'anus'. So, 'очковать' is 'to tighten your anus because you're scared'.

Synonyms:
• Дрейфить (imperf.)
  [drey-fit']

• Трусить (imperf.)
  [tru-sit']

• Не очкуй, Васька! Я сто раз так делал!
[ni ach-kuy, Vas'-ka! ya sto ras tak de-lal]
🇬🇧 Don't be scared, Vaska! I've done this a hundred times!

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• (Вот) Как-то так (adverb)
  [(vot) kak-ta tak]
Just like that, something like that, somehow like that

🔻 'Как-то так' is an expression used to describe something vaguely or roughly, to complete a story or explanation when the exact details are unimportant or unknown, or to indicate some uncertainty or carelessness in performing an action.

Synonym:
• Приблизительно
  [pri-bli-zi-til'-na]
  Approximately

- Как будет выглядеть готовый проект?
- Ну, вот, как-то так.
[-kak bu-dit vy-gli-dit' ga-to-vyj pra-yekt?
-nu vot kak-ta tak]
🇬🇧 - What will the finished project look like?
- Well, something like this.

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👋 Понедельник! Фигачим на работу, товарищи!

• Фигачить (imperf. colloquial)
  [fi-ga-chit']

🔢 To do something with effort, diligence:

• Наберитесь сил в предстоящие выходные, чтобы с понедельника снова начать фигачить.
[na-bi-ri-tis' sil v vy-khad-ny-ye shto-by s pa-ni-del'-ni-ka sno-va na-chat' fi-ga-chit']
🇬🇧 Gain strength this coming weekend, so that you can start working again on Monday.

🔢 To beat, hit, kick:

• Полагаю, вы фигачите по двери потому что уже всё перепробовали?
[pa-la-ga-yu vy fi-ga-chi-te pa dve-ri pa-ta-mu shta u-zhe fsyo pi-ri-pro-ba-va-li]
🇬🇧 I assume you're kicking the door because nothing else worked?

🔻It comes from noun 'Фига' (fig, nothing, also the inability to receive, learn anything)

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