Winter International Festival of Arts in Moscow 2020 The international premiere of Alexander Tchaikovsky’s opera Boris and Gleb, the show Van Gogh: Letters to a Brother starring Yevgeny Mironov, operas Carmen and Eugene Onegin in the original version by Yuri Bashmet, and other theatrical and musical productions make up the programme of the Winter International…
Phrases That Will Make You More Successful at Work ACCEPT COMPLIMENTS GRACIOUSLY A thank you with a period is more sincere than a “thank you so much” or an “I really appreciate it.” It’s the classiest way to receive a compliment, without any elaboration (уточнение), self-deprecation (самоирония, умаление своих заслуг; “Thanks. I didn’t work that…
Subject and Verb Agreement Если в предложении два подлежащих, которые соединены союзом ‘and’, то сказуемое будет в форме множественного числа. Example: The writer and the journalist are both interested in cooperation. — Писатель и журналист заинтересованы в сотрудничестве. Когда два подлежащих, разделенных союзом ‘and’, обозначают один предмет или понятие, глагол-сказуемое употребляется в форме единственного…
Today’s Word of the Day Is: “eventually” (adv.) Transcription: [ɪˈven.tʃu.ə.li] Russian Translation: в один прекрасный день; однажды, в конце концов Definition: Some day, especially at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen Example: It might take him ages but he’ll do it eventually. — Это может продлиться целую…
Today’s Word of the Day Is: “handful (of)” (n.) Transcription: [ˈhænd.fʊl] Russian Translation: небольшое количество, “горстка” Definition: an amount of smth that can be held in one hand; a small number of people or things Example: She’d called a handful of people yesterday, and only Daniela helped her. — Она вчера позвонила нескольким людям, и…
Vladimirskie Gate (Владимирские ворота) of Kitay-Gorod (16th century) and the Chapel of Panteleimon the Healer (Церковь св. Пантелеймона Целителя, 19th century) between Nikolskaya Street and Lubyanskaya Square. Both were demolished in 1934. Photo taken at the end of the 1900s. The first photos in color appeared in the Russian Empire at the end of the…
Phrases That Will Make You More Successful at Work GETTING TO ‘YES’ Sometimes negative coworkers or bosses are simply in a sour (недовольный, “кислый”) mental place and used to saying no. You have the power to get them in a “yes” frame of mind before pitching an idea or requesting something through a series of…
Subject and Verb Agreement В английском языке, как и в русском, подлежащее согласуется со сказуемым в категории числа. В том числе и в тех случаях, когда между главными членами предложения есть другие слова: Example 1: This guy is a friend of mine. These people are my colleagues. Example 2: That man, wearing a costume and…
Phrases That Will Make You More Successful at Work #1 Cancel meetings with tact You’ll have to come up with a reason (найти причину) — or tell the actual reason. Excuses already sound, well, excuse-y, so to validate your behavior it’s important to choose the right words. Gary Burnison, author of Lose the Resume, Land…
Indefinite Pronouns С английскими неопределенными местоимениями — somebody/someone, everybody/everyone, nobody/noone глагол-сказуемое согласуется в единственном числе. В некоторых случаях это отличает их от аналогичных местоимений в русском языке. Examples: 1. Everybody wants to be happy. — Все хотят быть счастливыми. 2. Is anybody here? — Здесь кто-то есть? Местоимения few, many, several, some, both и…