• У (кого-то) челюсть отвисла
[u (ka-vo-ta) che-lyust' at-vis-la]
SLT: Someone's jaw has dropped

Meaning:
To be surprised or astonished so much that someone's mouth falls open.

Example:
• У меня отвисла челюсть, когда я представил себе звонок президенту России с такой смелой просьбой.
[u mi-nya che-lyust' at-vis-la kag-da ya prit-sta-vil si-be zva-nok pri-zi-den-tu ras-si-i s ta-koy sme-lay pros'-bay]
🇬🇧 My jaw dropped as I contemplated trying to call up the president of Russia with such a bold request.

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#phraseology

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"Guide to choosing wives with the addition of good and evil about women"

🔻A detailed guide “for men only” was compiled by the professor of white and black magic Balthazar Mufiy.

🔻This book was published in 1916 and indeed contains some useful advice for its time on choosing a wife.

For example:
1. You must choose a girl at least twenty-five years old.

2. Blondes are almost always of good character.

3. Brunettes are ardent, passionate, capricious, but despite this, they love their husbands madly.

4. Cunning, deceit, fox-like malice, cowardice, these are the distinctive character traits of redheads.

5. You need to want your wife to be 1) obedient and quiet, 2) not capricious but hardworking, 3) to love her husband, 4) to be smart in housekeeping, 5) to be able to educate well their children.
...and etc

⏺Read it online👇:
«Руководство къ выбору женъ съ прибавленiемъ добра и зла о женщинахъ»

#brief_and_interesting

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

🔻Both words are adverbs:

1⃣Никогда (+ particle 'не')
    [ni-kag-da]
    Never

• Никогда не пытайся понять, что у кота в голове!
[ni-kag-da ni py-tay-sya pa-nyat' shto u ka-ta v ga-la-ve]
🇬🇧 Never try to understand what's in a cat's head!

2⃣Некогда (+dative)
     [ne-kag-da]
     No time to do
    something

🔻'Некогда' is always used in impersonal constructions with no subject.

• Некогда объяснять, надо бежать!
[ne-kag-da ab-аs-nyat', na-da bi-zhat']
🇬🇧 There's no time to explain, (we) have to run!

▶️ Суетолог (Revision)

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#tricky_words

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🔢🔢🔢 Однокоренные слова к 'сон'  /Cognate words to 'Dream':

1. Сон (сны) (masc.noun)
    [son (sny)]
    Dream(s)

2. Соня (сони) (common gender)
    [so-nya (so-ni)]
    Sleepyhead

3. Сонливость (femin.noun)
    [san-li-vast']
    Drowsiness

4. Сонник (сонники) (masc.noun)
    [son-nik (son-ni-ki)]
    А book of dream
interpretations

5.▶️Сонный (masc.adj.) (revision)
    [son-nyj]
    Sleepy

6. Сниться (imperf.)
    [sni-tsa]
    To dream
=
• Присниться (perf.)
  [pri-sni-tsa]
  To have a dream about

😴Что тебе снилось сегодня, соня?
[shto ti-be sni-las' si-vod-nya, so-nya]
🇬🇧 What did you dream about today, sleepyhead?

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#365_marathon

#survive_in_Russia

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🇷🇺 🇷🇺 Красотки 🤍💙❤

#chat_box

#make_friends

Can you guess what kind of item (from the USSR era) this is?

Please check the poll over there👇!

#Russian_riddle

👋Доброе утро!

• Сейчас бы (куда? + accus. на море/в горы/...), а не вот это вот всё!
[si-chas by (na more/v go-ry/...), a ne vot e-to vot vsyo]
SLT: Now (I) would rather be (at the sea/in the mountains/...), but not all this.

🔻This is a popular Russian phrase which means: I would rather (be at a different (more pleasant) place) but not here.

❓Where would you rather be now? Make up your own examples with this phrase!

🎧🗣👇 Крепитесь, товарищи!

#spoken_Russian

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🔢🔢🔢 Метро-1 / Underground-1:

1. Cтанция (станции)
    [stan-tsy-ya (stan-tsy-i)]
    Station(s)

2. Линия (линии)
    [li-ni-ya (li-ni-i)]
    Railway line(s)

3. Поезд (поезда)
    [po-yezd (pa-yez-da)]
    Train(s)

4. Платформа (платформы)
    [plat-phor-ma (plat-phor-my)]
    Platform(s)

6. Билетная касса (билетные кассы)
    [bi-let-na-ya kas-sa (bi-let-ny-ye kas-sy)]
    Ticket office(es) 

7. Эскалатор (эскалаторы)
    [es-ka-la-tar (es-ka-la-ta-ry)]
    Escalator(s)

8. Турникет (турникеты)
    [tur-ni-ket (tur-ni-ke-ty)]
    Tourniquet(s)

9. Билет (билеты)
    [bi-let (bi-le-ty)]
    Ticket(s)

10. Пересадка (пересадки)(на другую линию)
[pi-ri-sat-ka (piri-sat-ki)(na dru-gu-yu li-ni-yu)]
Change, transfer 

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#survive_in_Russia

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