In Primorye (Far East of Russia), a worker encountered a rare Far Eastern leopard and scared it off with one question:

• Чё, оборзел?
[cho a-bar-zel]

🔻The bewildered big cat decided not to mess with the guy.

🔻Чё, оборзел? (->Ты что, оборзел? = literally: What, have you become too imprudent?) is a highly informal, confrontational Russian phrase:

• Чё is a slang contraction of что (What).
• Оборзеть means to become impudent, brazen, or shameless.

🔻The phrase expresses strong indignation or a challenge towards someone acting extremely audacious or disrespectfully. It roughly translates to Are you completely brazen/shameless?! or Who do you think you are?!

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🧡Night Moscow

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Following a phone conversation, Trump answered all questions regarding the period from the Baptism of Rus' up to the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

For those in the know about the Pechenegs 😉.

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👋Приветствую, товарищи!
Держимся! Завтра выходные!

Is there anyone alive and still cheerful after a long working week? Tap ❤️!

#morning
#Friday
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😉Just in case you haven't been that busy this week:

• Заниматься ерундой (imperf.)
[za-ni-ma-tsa yi-run-doy]
SLT: to busy oneself with trifles

Meaning:
To waste time, to fiddle around, to potter around or to do something silly/foolish

#spoken_Russian
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This is the best foster mom in the world!

🔻Lynx Alyona lives in the Irkutsk Zoo, and she has a very strong maternal instinct.

🔻Over several years, she has already raised orphaned kittens, bear cubs, five puppies, and two Amur tiger cubs.

🔻Alyona makes sure the babies are well-fed, clean, and well-behaved.

🔻As soon as she hears the pitiful meows of abandoned babies, she understands: "Oh, these are mine!"

⏺Here are the🇷🇺(word stress)+🇬🇧texts for you to practice! https://telegra.ph/Podcast-07-04-2

❗️You can also send me the recording of your reading of the Russian text to @RCR_feedback_bot and get feedback!

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School Graduates, Leningrad, 1984

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Если бы ChatGPT делал операцию...
- А почему у меня шрам слева, если аппендикс справа?
- Ты абсолютно прав, и молодец, что заметил. Сейчас я переделаю операцию с правильной стороны.
If ChatGPT were performing surgery...
- But why is my scar on the left, if appendicitis is on the right?
- You are absolutely correct, and excellent observation! I will now re-perform the operation on the correct side.

🔻These adverbs of place refer to a static position or location on the right/left side:

• Справа
[spra-va]
On the right

• Слева
[sle-va]
On the left

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Flashback to October 1863: Russian sailors of the Varyag corvette in New York, captured in this historic photo by Matthew Brady.

🔻It seems almost unbelievable today, but there was a time when Russia and the United States shared a bond of mutual respect. Russian sailors visiting America were greeted with applause, and the St. Andrew's flag proudly flew on the shores of the Potomac.

🔻The Varyag corvette itself was dispatched by Emperor Alexander II during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Its mission? To assist President Lincoln's government and protect New York from potential attacks by Southern forces and an Anglo-French squadron.

🔻A powerful historical snapshot, reminding us of different times and enduring diplomatic ideals. 🇺🇸🇷🇺

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🖤Black party in Russia is like:

Если ты устал - пей пиво!
If you're tired - drink beer!
Если ты счастлив - пей пиво!
If you're happy - drink beer!
Или просто так - пей пиво!
Or just because - drink beer!
...

▶️А slang word for пиво

😉Forward this to a friend who is definitely tired!

🔞The Ministry of Health warns that alcoholic beverages are harmful to your health!

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💜Lavender fields in Crimea

Video:📷more.kryma

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Just in case you'd like to know what I'm going to do at the weekend.

❓️A у вас какие планы?

🐱Прекрасных выходных всем, товарищи! Обняла!

#NonLinguisticPost
#just_cats

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🥳Today is:

• День трудоголика
Workaholic's Day

😉You know who to tag!

📎:
• Трудоголик (трудоголики) (masc.noun)
[tru-da-go-lik (tru-da-go-li-ki)]

🔻The noun consists of труд (labor) + o + голик (from (алко)голик alcoholic).

#holidays
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