Russia will extend its visa-free travel regime for foreign football fans until the end of 2018, President Vladimir Putin said after the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday. Russia allowed (разрешила) football fans to travel to Russia without visas to attend the World Cup once they obtained (получили) fan IDs that were issued to…
Types of Bad Bosses and How to Deal with Them. Type #2: 2. The Manager Who Doesn’t Let You Work With Others (ever) Your organization has a lot of departments and different perspectives. You think the project you’re working on would benefit from cross-functional teamwork. Your boss doesn’t. He might tell you that it’s better…
Direct Speech Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (” “) and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that’s being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “obstacle” (n.) Transcription: [ɒbstəkl] Translation: препятствие, преграда Meaning: something that makes it difficult for you to go somewhere or to succeed at something Example: Fear of change is an obstacle to progress.- Страх перемен – это препятствие прогрессу. Synonym: barrier, hurdle