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Великий 🆚️ Величественный 🆚️ Величавый
1. Великий
[vi-li-kiy]
Meaning:
1) Very large, huge, exceeding the usual measure, great
2) Outstanding, important in significance:
• Великий писатель
[vi-li-kiy pi-sa-tel']
А great writer
2. Величественный
[vi-lichist-ven-nyj]
Meaning:
1) Solemn, magestic
2) Filled with dignity and importance:
• Величественная осанка
[vi-lichist-ven-na-ya a-san-ka]
Majestic posture
3. Величавый
[vi-li-cha-vyj]
1) Filled with solemn beauty and grandeur, grand
2) Of a person who has a proud bearing
3) Filled with dignity and nobility
4) Outstanding in its merits and significance:
• Величавые дворцовые ансамбли
[vi-licha-vy-ye dvar-tso-vy-ye an-sam-bli]
Grand palace ensembles
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A decree issued by Russian Empress Elizabeth in 1746 legalized branding criminals with hot iron.
🔻This decree gave birth to a new epithet, still used in Russian today to describe rogues and scammers:
• Прожжёный
[prа-zhzhyo-ny]
SLT: burned through
Of the blackest dye
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🔻This decree gave birth to a new epithet, still used in Russian today to describe rogues and scammers:
• Прожжёный
[prа-zhzhyo-ny]
SLT: burned through
Of the blackest dye
#brief_and_interesting
#useful_vocabulary
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Скрытный 🆚️ Cкрытый
1. Скрытный
[skry-tnyj]
Secretive
🔻This adjective describes someone who is not inclined to share one's thoughts, feelings, or intentions with others:
• Он очень скрытный человек и никогда не говорит о себе.
[on o-chin' skryt-nyj chi-la-vek i ni-kag-da ni ga-va-rit a si-bye]
🇬🇧 He's a very secretive person and never talks about himself.
2. Скрытый
[skry-tyj]
Hidden, secret, concealed
🔻This adjective describes something that is hidden or not obvious:
• Его слова содержали скрытую угрозу.
[yi-vo sla-va sa-der-zha-li skry-tu-yu ug-ro-zu]
🇬🇧 His words contained hidden threat.
❓Is a vacuum cleaner скрытная or скрытая threat to a cat?
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• Лапка (лапки) (femin.noun)
[lap-ka (lap-ki)]
🔻This is a deminutive form from:
• Лапа (лапы)
[la-pa (la-py)]
Paw(s)
🔻There is also a form which can be used as a term of endearment, meaning "cutie", often used in addressing to kids, kittens etc:
• Лапочка (лапочки)
[la-pach-ka (la-pach-ki)]
🔻There are some cute collocations with 'лапки':
• Гусиные лапки (plural)
[gu-si-ny-ye lap-ki]
SLT: Geese's paws
Fan-shaped wrinkles around the outer corners of the eyes
• Лапки кверху
[lap-ki kver-khu]
SLT: Paws up
This is an ironic expression meaning to admit defeat, to give up or to stop resisting
• Ходить на задних лапках перед (+ Instrumental)
[kha-dit' na zad-nikh lap-kakh pe-rit...] SLT: To walk on hind paws in front of someone
To be subservient, to be obsequious to someone
❓А вы ходите на задних лапках перед вашей лапочкой?
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Злой 🆚️ Злобный 🆚️ Злостный 🆚️ Злодейский
[zloy]
This is the most basic adjective for "evil" or "bad". It describes someone who is angry, mean, or cruel:
• Злой как собака
[zloy kak sa-ba-ka]
As evil as a dog
[zlob-nyj]
This adjective emphasizes the feeling of anger and hatred. Someone who is "злобный" is full of rage and wants to hurt others:
• Злобный взгляд
[zlob-nyj vzglyat]
A malicious look
[zlos-nyj]
This adjective implies malice or ill intent. Someone who is "злостный" is deliberately trying to do harm:
• Злостное хищение
[zlos-na-ye khi-shche-ni-ye]
Malicious embezzlement
[zla-dey-skiy]
This adjective refers to something that is evil or wicked in a more dramatic or literary sense. It often describes the actions of a villain or criminal:
• Злодейский смех
[zla-dey-skiy smekh]
Villainous laughter
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