Preposition Examples Unfortunately, there’s no reliable formula for determining which preposition to use with a particular combination of words. The best way to learn which prepositions go with which words is to read as much high-quality writing as you can and pay attention to which combinations sound right. Here are a few examples of the…
Types of Prepositions Prepositions indicate direction, time, location, and spatial (пространственный) relationships, as well as other abstract types of relationships. Direction: Look to the left and you’ll see our destination.- Посмотрите налево и вы увидите нашу цель. Time: We’ve been working since this morning.- Мы работаем с сегодняшнего утра. Location: We saw a movie at…
From July 1, you can watch Ru Yi and Ding Ding eating bamboo for breakfast, playing or basking in the sun on the official Zoo website. The Moscow Zoo has now eight webcams in pandas’ houses installed. Live stream from the Chinese Fauna pavilion, which has recently been inhabited (to inhabit- обитать) by bamboo bears…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “flamboyant” (adj.) Transcription: [flæmˈbɔɪənt] Russian Translation: 1. экстравагантный; 2. броский, кричащий Definition: 1. (person) A flamboyant person is loud, stylish, and confident. 2. (clothes) Flamboyant clothes or colours are very bright and noticeable. Example: His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion. Synonyms: Showy, bright, and very…
Do You Know What “Soft Skills” Are? Soft skills, also known as “employability skills” are defined by Business Dictionary as “a group of essential (необходимый) abilities that involve the development of a knowledge base, expertise level, and mind-set (склад ума) that is increasingly necessary for success in the modern workplace.” For any new recruit to…
This Google Manager Shares His Secrets for Building an Effective Team Matt Sakaguchi is a site reliability manager at Google. Learn why he believes that a team of all stars doesn’t always lead to an all-star team. Psychological safety. This is the idea that you can take a personal risk, and it won’t be held…
What Is a Preposition? “Vampires! Zombies! Werewolves!” “Where?!” “Behind you!”Thank goodness for prepositions. Imagine not knowing where the danger lay…Prepositions tell us where or when something is in relation to something else.Prepositions often tell us where one noun is in relation to another (e.g., The coffee is on the table beside you- Кофе на столе…
A new, expanded Tolstoy Theater Festival will take place in Yasnaya Polyana on July 4-7. Yasnaya Polyana is the ancestral estate of Leo Tolstoy, which is now a museum that has kept everything exactly as it was in 1910, the year of the writer’s death. Tolstoy’s house, in a beautiful setting not far from Tula,…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “cordial” (adj.) Transcription: [ˈkɔː.di.əl] Russian Translation: радушный, теплый Definition: friendly, but formal and polite Example: The talks were conducted in a cordial atmosphere. Synonyms: welcoming, friendly
Today’s Word of the Day is: “courtesy” (n.) Transcription: [ˈkɜː.tə.si] Russian Translation: вежливость, учтивость, любезность Definition: polite behaviour, or a polite action or remark Example: He didn’t even have the courtesy to call and say he couldn’t come. Synonyms: politeness, good manners, civility