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Hi Jane 1. Будь смелым (male)/будь смелой (female) 2. Сила
Hello, Andrea The surname is not mysterious at all :) It is quite common in Russia and your grandparents used German phonetic rules to transliterate it. It sounds as ['zai-tsev], the root word is zayats
резинотрест - rubber trust (rubber factory) соввласть - сове
Hi William I'm sure there are such words in nearly every language, and in Russian as well. There is one But, though. The frequency of their appearance in one's speech is inversely proportional to the
:)) 1) Good morning Kathy, I hope you'll have a good day and ... [something] (maybe - we will have a good time) 2) I wanted to know you better when we were younger, maybe you knew that. well I am so
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