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Стремительный 🆚️ Стремящийся 🆚️ Стрёмный

1⃣Стремительный (masc.adj.)
[stri-mi-til'-nyj]
Fast, lightning-fast, dashing, impetuous
🔻It originates from the Proto-Slavic strьmъ (steep); Old Russian стрьмление (aspiration, aim).

• Стремительный прыжок
An impetuous jump
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2⃣Стремящийся (present active participle)
[stri-mya-shchiy-sya]
Striving, having a goal, aspiring, eager, keen
🔻It also originates from the Proto-Slavic strьmъ (steep), Old Russian стрьмление (aspiration, aim).

• Студент, стремящийся к знаниям
A student striving for knowledge
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3⃣Стрёмный (colloquial masc.adj.)
[stryom-nyj]
Absurd, shameful, scary-hairy, risky
🔻Surprisingly, the modern slang word 'стрёмный' can be found in the dictionary of Russian words from the 11th to 17th centuries and in the dictionary of V. I. Dal, but in the unusual meaning: стрёмный, стрёмкий - agile, nimble. It comes from стремиться (to aspire)

• Стрёмный фильм
An absurd movie

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#tricky_words

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- Рекс, а уже мона ёлку ронять?
- Да погоди ты, пусть пофоткают.
- Rex, can we drop the tree?
- Wait, let them take some pictures.

• мона = можно (is it allowed, сan)

• погоди = подожди (Wait! imperative, singular)

• пофоткать = пофотографировать (to take a few photos for a short time)

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Acrobat Tamara Lyazgina during winter toughening-up procedures, 1985

❓What is the man in the background thinking about? Share your ideas in the comments!

#retrophotos

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The Winter Garden has been set up opposite St. Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg

🔻Live fir-trees, sparkling trees, a fountain and mini-alleys - all this can be seen right now opposite St. Isaac's Cathedral.

🔻Walking here, everyone will feel the New Year's mood and festive atmosphere.

#around_Russia
#NewYear

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💙 Vladivostok

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• Бояться собственной тени (imperf.)
[ba-ya-tsa sop-stvi-nay te-ni]
SLT: To be afraid of one's own shadow

Meaning:
To be excessively fearful of everything, even things that pose no real threat.

Origin:
The idiom 'Бояться собственной тени' comes from the English language. The expression is listed in Christine Ammer's 1992 "American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms". It is noted there that it entered the English language in the early 1500s and most likely has ancient Greek roots.

Also:
• Испугаться собственной тени (perf.)
[is-pu-ga-tsa sop-stvi-nay te-ni]
To get scared of one's own shadow

▶️Очковать
▶️У страха глаза велики

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Случайно говорю бабушке, что замёрз.
Я на следующий день:
Randomly telling grandma I'm cold.
Me the next day:

▶️Зима близко!

#just_a_joke

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🇷🇺 Russian beauties in their national costumes

Video: dil_ozor_17

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Ночная жрица
Night priestess

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In Russian the phrase 'ночная жрица' often means a woman who eats (жрёт - low colloquial) at night, because of the similarity of pronunciation of жрёт and жрица.

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💙 Moscow City at night

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Так выглядит предновогодняя суета
This is what the pre-New Year's bustle looks like

1⃣Суетиться (imperf.)
[su-ye-ti-tsa]
To bustle, to hustle, to fuss

• Не суетитесь! (imper. plural, polite)
[ni su-ye-ti-tes']
Pace yourself!

💢But:
2⃣ПOДсуетиться
[pat-su-ye-ti-tsa]
To take timely action, to take the necessary measures in a timely manner

• Он сумел подсуетиться заранее и оказался в выигрыше.
[on su-mel pat-su-ye-ti-tsa za-ra-ni-ye i a-ka-zal-sya v vy-ig-ry-she]
He managed to hustle in advance and ended up winning.

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❓Do you know this song 'Moskau'?

▶️Суетолог
▶️Суету навести охота

#useful_vocabulary
#tricky_words

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Базовые потребности человека:
1. Кислород
2. Вода
3. ...
Basic Needs for Humans:
1. Oxygen
2. Water
3. 🐈

❓А у вас что в #3?

#just_a_joke
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Когда ты уже готов к новому году, но надо еще поработать.
When you are ready for the New Year, but still have to work.

• Работать (imperf.)
[ra-bo-tat']
To work (in general)

• ПОработать (imperf.)
[pa-ra-bo-tat']
To work for a while, for some time

#prefixes
#just_a_joke
#NewYear

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Кто-то: Покажи своего внутреннего зверя!
Me:
Someone: Show me your inner beast!
Me:

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