• Cиний чулок
  [si-niy chu-lok]

SLT: A blue stocking

Meaning:
А mocking nickname for an educated woman, devoid of charm and completely absorbed in bookish interests.

Origin:
The expression was born in England in the 18th century in the salon of writer Mary Wortley Montagu. The soul of this salon was the scientist Benjamin Stellingfleet, who wore blue stockings with his black dress. The ladies nicknamed the absent-minded scientist “blue stocking”. Soon this nickname began to apply to all participants in this circle, where conversations were held on scientific and literary topics.

• Не будь синим чулком! Сходи куда-нибудь вечером!
[ni but' si-nim chul-kom! skha-di ku-da-ni-but' ve-che-ram]
🇬🇧 Don't be a bluestocking! Go out tonight!

📎 To make it clear about the video to this post: there is a Russian anecdote 👇 in the comments.

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• Прошу прощения за мой французский 
[рra-shu pra-shche-ni-ya za moy fran-tsuz-skiy]
🇬🇧 Pardon my French

🔻This is a well-known expression in modern Russian (as well as in English); that is usually used after the non-literary (or obscene) vocabulary as a form of apology.

🔻It is used without any intention to express hostility towards French speakers.

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Подруга (подруги)
  [pad-ru-ga (pad-ru-gi)]
+
• Подружка (подружки) (diminutive)
  [pad-rush-ka (pad-rush-ki)]
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• Подруженька (подруженьки) (diminutive)
  [pad-ru-zhen'ka (pad-ru-zhen'-ki)]

🇬🇧 A female friend, a girlfriend

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Listen, practice, take the test and hug your подруг!

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🔢🔢🔢 Как попрощаться / How to say goodbye:

1. До свидания!
    [da svi-da-n'ya]
    SLT: Until date

2. До встречи!
    [da fstre-chi]
    SLT: Until meeting

3. Счастливо!
    [shchis-li-va]
    SLT: (stay) Happily

4. Пока!
    [pa-ka]
    SLT: for the time being(??)

5. Давай!
    [da-vay]
    SLT: Give

• Ну, давай, пока! Увидимся в выходные!
[nu, da-vay, pa-ka! U-vi-dim-sya v vy-khad-ny-ye]
🇬🇧 OK, bye! See you at the weekend!

🔻Surprisingly, but foreign words are also widely used in Russian as a playful way to say goodbye:

• Адиос (исп. Adios)

• Оревуар (фр. Au Revoir).

• Ариведерчи (итал. Arrivederci).

• Чаo (итал. Ciao).

• Ауфидерзейн (нем. Auf Wiedersehen).

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