Prodigious (adj.)

Today’s Word of the Day is: “prodigious” (adj.) Transcription: [prəˈdɪdʒ.əs] Russian Translation: огромный, удивительный, громадный Definition: extremely great in ability, amount, or strength Example: She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels. Synonyms: enormous, huge, colossal, amazing

Grammar Tip

List of Compliments and Nice Things to Say. Part 1. Here are 10 compliments, so that when you say something good about someone else, you can say it more precisely. Accomplished – for someone who has not only accomplished many things, but has accomplished them skillfully and with flair. Admirable – worthy of admiration, someone…

David Burliuk. I Speak Out!

50 Works by The Father of Russian Futurism An important figure in Russian art of the early 20th century, David Burliuk (1882, Kharkov — 1967, New York was a poet, painter, critic, and publisher who became the center of the Russian Futurist movement (направление). Burliuk was one of the first to publish the poetry of…

Business Communication Skills Tip

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