What You Should Do When You Feel Unappreciated at Work We spend too much valuable time at work, so it is important to feel engaged and valued. Here are some things you can do when you feel unappreciated (недооценённый) at work: 1. Check out your perceptions (суждения, представления)– find someone who knows your work…
Today’s Word of the Day is: Transcription: [klʌm.zi] Russian Translation: неуклюжий, бестактный Definition: A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way. Example: I’m sorry about spilling your wine — that was very clumsy of me. Synonyms : awkward, uncoordinated
Festival of Tulips on Elagin Island was launched in 2013 and almost immediately became one of the most anticipated events for residents and guests of St. Petersburg. The Tulip Festival is a magnificent (феерический) spring festival, which turns Elagin Island into the residence of all kinds of floral colors for several weeks. From year…
Three Stories Every Startup Needs to Tell Many startups focus excessively (чресчур) on data, specs, and financials when presenting to investors, business partners. Of course, those numbers matter, but data is not enough. You need to add some emotion, some relatability. Stories will do that. To get you started, here are three essential (важный) stories…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “to displease” (v.) Transcription: [dɪˈspliːz] Translation: вызывать недовольство, раздражать Meaning: to cause someone to be annoyed or unhappy Example: Their gossip displeases her. – Их болтовня её раздражает. Synonyms : annoy, irritate
Today’s Word of the Day is: “primary” (adj.) Transcription: [ˈpraɪməri] Translation: основной, главный Meaning: more important than anything else; main Example: Her primary responsibility is to train new employees. Synonym: main, key
ECLIPSE TIME As part of the XI Moscow International Biennnale ‘Fashion and Style in Photography 2019’, the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow presents ‘Eclipse Time’, an exhibition by Boris Register. Boris Register, born in 1963 in Tashkent, in the Uzbek Soviet Republic, is one of the Russian documentary photographers who work with silence. With the raw…
Greeting and Introduction Tip #2: Talking About Your Job When you meet business partners, it is important that you are able to describe your role in your organization. Find out (узнавать) of the English names or the departments (отдел) and key positions in your organization. Know your department and job titles in English.Let’s look at…
Present Perfect Tense: Been and Gone In this tense, we use both ‘been’ and ‘gone’ as the past participle of ‘go’, but in slightly different circumstances. We use ‘been’ (often when we talk about life experience) to mean that the person we’re talking about visited the place and came back. Example: I have been…
Greeting and Introduction Tip #1: Formality Listen carefully to how your business partners greet you. In those first two or three sentences, they are telling you how formal or informal they would like the relationship to be. Use a formal approach (подход) when you do not know the other person, or where formality (формальность)…