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Winter's Little Singers: 10 Surprising Facts About Bullfinches! • Снегирь (снегири) (masc.noun) [sni-geer' (sni-gi-ree)] 🎄That famous red chest? It's a male-only fashion statement! Females sport a lovely, subtler brown plumage. 🎄They're lightweights! An adult bullfinch weighs no more than 30 grams. 🎄Chicks look like mini-adults from the start, except for one thing: their "black cap" grows in later. They're born without it! 🎄Surprisingly tame, they can be quite trusting of humans and are known to be easily tamed. 🎄They're talented mimics! Some bullfinches can learn and whistle several quite complex melodies. 🎄The males are traditionalists when it comes to nesting: building the home is solely the female's prerogative. 🎄Their biggest health risk? Obesity. These birds have absolutely no sense of moderation when it comes to food! 🎄Not all of them are snowbirds! Only the populations from the far north migrate south for winter. Many others stay put year-round. 🎄Sadly, in captivity, bullfinches have a shorter lifespan than in the wild. 🎄Unlike many birds, they are fiercely loyal parents. In the face of danger, they will not abandon their nest and will fight to protect it. 📍Where do they live in Russia? Bullfinches are found throughout the forest zone of Russia – from the western borders all the way to Kamchatka and Sakhalin in the east. Have you ever seen these beauties? #factfile #Russiannature 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Тренер: "Просто делай, что можешь." Я делаю, что могу... Coach: "Just do what you can." I'm doing what I can...  🔸Мочь (imperf.) Can, be able (to ) The Present Tense: Я могу(I can...) Ты можешь (you, singular) Он/она/оно может (he/she/it) Мы можем (we) вы/Вы можете (you: plural, polite) Они могут (they) #holidays #verbs #grammar_tips #useful_vocabulary 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

В сеть утекли кадры, как русские подпольно ускоряют «замедленный» YouTube. Footage has leaked online showing how Russians are secretly speeding up a "slowed-down" YouTube. 🔸Ускорить (perf.) [oo-sko-rit'] = 🔸Ускорять (imperf.) [oo-ska-ryat'] To speed up, to accelerate, to make (something) faster: • Ускорить процесс To speed up a process (and it's now running faster). 🔻It comes from the feminine noun скорость (speed, pace) or adjective скорый(fast, quick) Its antonym: 🔸Замедлить (perf.) [za-med-lit'] = 🔸Замедлять (imperf.) [za-mid-lyat'] To slow down, to decelerate, to make (something) slower: • Замедлить ход событий To slow down the course of events 🔻It comes from the adjective медленный(slow) #verbs #useful_vocabulary 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

👋Приветствую, товарищи! That's how things are going on in my city today❄️. Let's stay PAWsitive! Maybe we'll be dug out in some time:) #just_cats #morning #NonLinguisticPost 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

💪 The response of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

Ну и фто ты мне сделаешь, кожаный? Well, what are you going to do to me, leatherskin? Фто = што = чё = чо = что (what) #spoken_Russian 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Единственный вид динозавров, доживший до наших дней — креслоцараптор. The only species of dinosaur that has survived to the present day is the Sofascratchus. 🗝 Креслоцараптор is a playful, invented Russian word that describes a pet (especially a cat) that relentlessly scratches armchairs. • Кресло [kres-la] An armchair • Царап(ать) [tsa-ra-pat'] To scratch • -тор = a suffix from Latin typically used for agents or devices (like терминатор / terminator) #memes 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Together, a Russian figure skater and a Chinese virtuoso give birth to something beautiful! ⛸️ At the fabulous RT ice rink in Shanghai, Olympic champion Alina Zagitova skated to the live accompaniment of the famous Chinese virtuoso pianist Lan Lan. ⛸️ On New Year's Eve, the figure skater's performance was broadcast on China's national television. Video: Маргарита Симоньян #Russian_culture #brief_and_interesting 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

• Зажраться (perf.) [za-zhra-tsa] 🔸Conjugation 🔻This slang verb means to pig out,to become insufferably spoiled, arrogant, or fussy due to excessive food, comfort, wealth, or success. 🔻The prefix ЗА- in this verb indicates the beginning and completion of a process leading to a negative, excessive state. • Жрать (vulgar: to eat/devour) metaphorically suggests greedily consuming comforts. • ЗАжраться = to have gone too far in that consumption and to have become stuck in the resulting bad state (arrogance, spoiled behaviour). 🔻Think of the prefix ЗА- as marking the point of crossing over into a negative condition (and staying there): • Зазнаться (perf.) [za-zna-tsa] To become conceited • Зазвездиться (slang, perf.) [za-zviz-di-tsa] To get a big head from fame Наш кот совсем зажрался! Our cat is living the high life! = Our cat has it too good! = Our cat has become totally spoiled! #prefixes #spoken_Russian #verbs 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

👋Доброе утро! У нас снег🌨, а у вас? #NonLinguisticPost #morning #just_cats 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Дегустация селёдки под шубой прошла успешно. The herring under a fur coat tasting was a success. #holidays 🟠RCR | Support | Boost