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Повторять 🆚️ Имитировать

1⃣Повторять (за...) (+instrumental) (imperf.)
     [paf-ta-ryat']

Meaning:
1) To repeat (after somebody), also:
• Повторять как попугай
  [paf-ta-ryat' kak pa-pu-gay]
  To repeat (something) like a
  parrot (thoughlessly, again and
again)

2) To revise (for a test):
• Повторять неправильные глаголы к тесту
  [paf-ta-rit' ni-pra-vil'ny-ye gla-go-ly tes-tu]
  To revise irregular verbs for a
  test

2⃣Имитировать (imperf.)
     [i-mi-ti-ra-vat']
    To imitate, to copy

❓ Собакен повторяет за кошкой или имитирует её?
(Is the dog repeating after the cat or copying it?)

📎 'Собакен' [sa-ba-ken] is a slang word (common gender) for 'собака' [sa-ba-ka] (dog) (femin.noun).

🎧🗣👇 Повторяйте за мной! Check the conjugations and make up your own sentences😉.

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1⃣ Спрашивать (imperf.)
      [spra-shy-vat']
      To ask, to politely inquire or
seek information or something

2⃣ Просить (imperf.)
     [pra-sit']
     To ask for something (for a
favour)

3⃣ Выпрашивать (imperf.)
      [vy-pra-shy-vat']
    To beg, ask for something
persistently

Example (see the video):
• Я не выпрашиваю мясо и не прошу купить мне рыбу, я просто спрашиваю, почему вы такие жадные?!
[ya ni vy-pra-shy-va-yu mya-sa i ni pra-shy ku-pit' mnye ry-bu, ya prozsta spra-shy-va-yu pa-chi-mu vy ta-ki-ye zhad-ny-ye]
🇬🇧 I'm not begging for meat and I'm not asking for fish, I'm just asking why are you so greedy?!

🎧🗣👇 Don't forget to check the conjugations of the verbs!

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Романтический 🆚️ Романтичный

• Романтический (masc.adj)
  [ra-man-ti-chis-kiy]

• Романтичный (masc.adj)
  [ra-man-tich-nyj]

🔻Both adjectives can be translated as 'romantic'.

🔻Philologists note that these words are synonymous and interchangeable.

BUT:
🔻'Романтический' relates to romanticism as a movement in literature and art and as an artistic method:
• Романтическая поэма
  [ra-man-ti-ches-ka-ya pa-e-ma]
Romantic poem

🔻'Романтичный' contains elements of romanticism, mystery, dreaminess:
• Романтичныe отношения
  [ra-man-tich-ny-ye at-na-she-ni-ya]
  Romantic relationships

📎 So, if you want to describe something as loving or passionate, use 'романтичный'! If you want to talk about the Romantic era, use 'романтический'.

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👋 Народ, всех с понедельником!

Ещё 🆚️ Уже

1⃣ Eщё
[yi-shchyo]
not yet, still, some more

Can mean:
1) a process has not started yet
2) the desired result has not been achieved so far
3) an action which was to have finished at the moment of speech is still going on
4) some more of something

2⃣ Уже
[u-zhe]
Already

Сan mean:
1) a process has finished
2) the result has been achieved
3) there is already another action under way at the moment of speech

• Как уже понедельник?! Вчера же ещё пятница была! Мне нужен ещё один выходной!
[kak u-zhe pa-ni-del'-nik? fchi-ra zhe yi-shchyo pyat-ni-tsa by-la! mnye nu-zhen yi-shchyo a-din vy-khad-noy]
🇬🇧 How come it is Monday already?! Yesterday it was still Friday! I need one more day-off!

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▶️Держитесь! (Revision)

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Кушать 🆚️ Есть

• Кушать
  [ku-shat']
=
• Есть
  [yest']
To eat

1⃣However, 'кушать' is considered to be more colloquial (it sounds more gentle) and often refers to little kids, elderly or close people.

2⃣Whereas 'есть' can be used in any situation and sounds neutral or more official.

3⃣⚠️There is also a low colloquial variant of 'ecть':

• Жрать
  [zhrat']

🔻There is also a funny phrase taken from a Soviet crime comedy 'Джентельмены удачи' (Gentlemen of Fortune) (1971) filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery:

• Кушать подано! Садитесь жрать, пожалуйста! (⏪Сlick to watch an episode)
[ku-shat' po-da-na, sa-di-tis' zhrat', pa-zha-lu-sta]
🇬🇧 The dinner is served! Sit down to chow/devour/eat, please!

▶️За столом (Revision)

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• Поднажать (perf.)
  [pad-na-zhat]

🔻This verb comes from 'нажать' [na-zhat'] (to press) and has several meanings:

1. To press, press harder

2. Figurative: to exert some pressure, influence on someone, encouraging someone to take some action (Give it some welly!)

3. To get down to work, to do something more diligently, more persistently (Try harder!)

4. Colloquial: to increase speed when running, driving (Run faster!)

• Завтра пятница. У нас много работы. Поднажмём, товарищи!
[zav-tra pyat-ni-tsa. u nas mno-ga ra-bo-ty. pad-nazh-myom, ta-va-ri-shchi]
🇬🇧 Tomorrow is Friday. We have a lot of work to do. Let's try harder/faster!

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Слушать 🆚️ Слышать

1⃣Слушать (кого? что?+ accus.) (imperf.)
  [slu-shat']
  To listen to ... (active participation and understanding of the content of the message)

Also:
• Слушай(те)! (Imperative (plural, polite))
  [slu-shay]
=
• Послушай(те) (меня)
[pa-slu-shay-(te) (mi-nya)]
  SLT: Listen to me! Look here!
Hey! To attract someone's attention

2⃣Слышать (кого? что?+ accus.) (imperf.)
  [sly-shat']
  To hear ... (the physiological perception of sounds)

🔻Both verbs come from the noun 'слух' [slukh] (hearing).

Also:
• Выслушать (perf.)
  [vy-slu-shat']
  To hear out, lend an ear

Example (see the video):
• Слушайте! Вы психолог или кто? Вы слышите меня?! Меня надо выслушать!
[slu-shay-te, vy psi-kho-lak ili kto. vy sly-shy-ti mi-nya. mi-nya na-da vys-lu-shat']
🇬🇧 Hey! Are you a psychologist or what? Can you hear me?! You need to lend me an ear!

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• Сваливать (imperf.)
  [sva-li-vat']
=
• Cвалить (perf.)
  [sva-lit']

1. To knock down, to knock over, to fell:
• Свалить с ног (literally)
  [sva-lit' s nok]
 
2. To dump, to carelessly drop (many things in one place), to pile up:
• Свалить в кучу
  [svа-li-vatʹ f ku-chu]

💢Also colloquial:
3. To deprive of strength, to weaken, to overcome  of sleep, an illness:
• Простуда свалила меня с ног. (Figuratively)
[pras-tu-da sva-li-la mi-nya s nok]

4. To shift the blame for (something to someone), to pass the buck:
• Свалить вину на ...
  [sva-lit' vi-nu na ...]

5. To go away, to scram, to beat it, to bolt, to emigrate:

Example (See the video):
• Cваливаем отсюда! Нас привезли к ветеринару!
[sva-li-va-yem at-syu-da. nas pri-vi-zli k vi-ti-ri-na-ru]
🇬🇧 Let's get out of here! They took us to the vet!

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1⃣Вишня
    [vish-nya]
     Sour cherry

Also:
• Вишнёвый (masc.adj.)
  [vish-nyo-vyj]

2⃣Черешня
      [chi-rеsh-nya]
      Sweet cherry

Also:
• Черешневый (masc.adj.)
  [chi-resh-ni-vyj]

🎧🗣👇 Which one do you prefer?

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• Засечь (perf.)
  [za-sech]
=
• Засекать (imperf.)
  [za-si-kat']

Meaning:
1. To notch 
2. To plot on a map
3. To whip to death
4. To detect, to pinpoint:

• Засечь время 
[za-sech vre-mya]
To note the time; to time

• Засечь направление 
[za-sech na-prav-le-ni-ye]
To take the azimuth

5. Colloquial: To spot, to catch in the act:

• Всё, вас засекли! Выходите!
[fsyo. vas za-sik-li. vy-kha-di-te]
🇬🇧 That's it, you've been spotted! Come out!

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