Russia may completely ban the use of plastic bags by 2025. Beaches that look like landfill (свалка мусора) sites. Fish stuck in a net of debris (мусор). Birds feeding polystyrene (пенопласт) to their young. This is the bleak (жестокий, мрачный) reality of where our plastics end up. While plastic bags are public enemy number one…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “leftovers” (n.) Transcription: [ˈleftˌoʊ·vərz] Russian Translation: остатки еды Definition: food that remains after a meal Example: We’ve been eating up the leftovers from the party all week.
Past Continuous Tense. Use #1: An Interrupted Action in the Past We use the past continuous when we describe an action in the past which overlaps another action or time. The action in the past continuous starts before and often continues the other shorter action or time. Example: While we were walking in the park,…
Language of Meetings. Tip #1: Beginning a Meeting To start the meeting, the meeting leader may use one of these phrases: Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today. Since everyone is here, let’s get started. First, I’d like to welcome you all. If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments…
Past Simple Tense. Use #4: Practices in the Past The simple past can also be used to describe a practice which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as “used to.” To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never,…
Three Questions to Ask Yourself to Spring Clean Your Career Whether you’ve been at the same job for years or you’re fairly new and are unsure of your direction, take some time for reflection (размышление), and identify tasks or role, and the changes you can make by asking yourself these three questions. What projects gave…
Russia’s Olympic Committee has unveiled two new mascots to represent the country’s sporting spirit. Designed by the Art. Lebedev Studio, they are a fluffy (пушистый) white cat in the form of Russia’s traditional ushanka hat, and a roly-poly toy (неваляшка) bear, who also doubles up as a matryoshka. Both mascots will be accompanying (сопровождать) the…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “to procrastinate” (v.) Transcription: [prəˈkræs.tɪ.neɪt] Russian Translation: медлить, откладывать Definition: to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring Example: When it comes to housework, I tend to procrastinate. Synonyms: delay, stall
Past Simple Tense. Use #3: Duration in the Past The past simple can be used with a duration, which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc. Example: They sat at the beach all…
Companies Need to Embrace the Sick Day Reason #3: SETTING THE STANDARD Employers lead by example, and this applies (касаться) to time off as much as it does to job performance. As a leader and manager, you need to log off (выходить из сети) and disconnect when you’re sick because this sends a message to…