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• Наотрез (adverb) [na-аt-ryez] Meaning: Наотрез signifies an absolute, categorical, point-blank, or flat refusal/denial. When someone says наотрез отказался [na-at-rez at-ka-zal-sya], it means they adamantly refused, leaving zero possibility of changing their mind. It conveys a sense of finality and uncompromising resolve. Origin: Наотрез literally translates to on the cut, stemming from the verb отрезать [at-re-zat'], which means to cut off - there's no going back from it. This imagery perfectly captures the adverb's meaning: a decision made with the finality of a sharp, irreversible cut, allowing no reconsideration. Example: • Они наотрез отказались разлучаться друг с другом! They adamantly refused to be separated from each other! #useful_vocabulary #adverbs 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Всё! Хватит! Я нагулялся! Alright, that's enough! I've walked enough • НАгуля‌тьСЯ (perf.) [na-goo-lya-tsa] To walk/be out enough so that the desire or need for it is completely fulfilled 🔻In the reflexive verb нагуля‌ться, the prefix НА- carries a core idea of doing an action to the point of full satisfaction, completion, or even excess. It implies reaching a personal limit or a sense of enough. #useful_vocabulary #prefixes #verbs 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

I do hope you've been missing cats here😉! • Гуля‌ть (imperf.) [goo-lyat'] To walk, to stroll, or to be out and about 😉 But what if we add preffix НА- to the verb? • НAгуля‌ть + Noun (usually weight, appetite) To gain something as a result of walking: • Нагуля‌ть аппети‌т (perf.) [na-goo-lyat' a-pe-tit] To work up an appetite #useful_vocabulary #just_cats #prefixes #verbs 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Слишком 🆚️ Чересчур 🔢Слишком (adverb) [slish-kam] Too, overly, excessively 🔻It indicates that something exceeds a desirable or appropriate limit, but often in a neutral / general sense. 🔻It can be used with adjectives, adverbs, and verbs: • Это слишком дорого! It's too expensive. (слишком + short adjective) • Ты слишком быстро говоришь. You speak too fast. (слишком + adverb + verb) • Он слишком много работает. He works too much. (слишком + quantity много/мало + verb) 🔢Чересчур (adverb) [chi-ris-chur] Excessively, overly, beyond measure, too much (with emphasis). 🔻Чересчур carries a stronger, more emphatic meaning than слишком. It often implies that something is unacceptably excessive, goes beyond what's reasonable, or even sounds a bit disapproving or critical! 🔻It's less common in everyday, neutral contexts than слишком and often adds a touch of emotionality: • Его реакция была чересчур бурной. His reaction was excessively passionate. (Чересчур + adjective) • Это уже чересчур! That's too much! /That's outrageous! (Often used as an exclamation of exasperation.) • Чересчур громко! (Чересчур + adverb) Excessively loud! 💢Though being synonyms: Слишком is general excess. Чересчур has a more intense, often critical too much – beyond acceptable limits. ▶️Слишком рано! 🎧🗣👇Make up your own examples with both words! #tricky_words #adverbs 😎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

Когда надо немного поработать в выходной. When you need to do a little work on your day off. 🔢🔢🔢 Synonyms for a little bit: 1.Немного [nim-nо-ga] A little, a bit (neutral, most common) 2. Немножко [nim-nоsh-ka] A little bit (softer, more colloquial) 3. Чуть-чуть [choot'-choot'] Just a tiny bit (emphasizes small amount) 4.Капельку [ka-pil'-koo] A drop, a tiny bit (literally "a droplet") 5.Чуток [choo-tok] A smidge, a tad (very informal slang) Вам тоже пришлось сегодня чуть-чуть поработать? 😀 ▶️Аlso an adjective Маленький 🎧🗣👇 #365_marathon #survive_in_Russia #adverbs 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Он всё ПЕРЕсчитал, один кусочек оказался лишним.😅 He counted everything, and there was one piece extra. ❓️What are useful prefixes with считать (to count)? 1. Считать (imperf.) [shchi-tat'] To count, to consider, to believe 2. ПОсчитать (perf.) [pa-shchi-tat'] To count, to calculate, to do the math 🔻Prefix ПО- indicates completion of an action. 3. ПОДсчитать (perf.) [pat-shchi-tat'] Тo sum up, to calculate (focusing on the final result or subtotal) 🔻Рrefix ПОД- means adding up or tallying - as if gathering everything under a total. 4. ПЕРЕсчитать (perf.) [pe-ri-shchi-tat'] Тo recount, to count again 🔻Prefix ПЕРЕ- means re- (again). #prefixes #verbs #grammar_tips 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Только не пересоли! Just don't oversalt it! • Пересолить (perf.) [pi-ri-sa-lit'] 😄Conjugation 🔻The prefix ПЕРЕ- added to the verb солить (to salt) creates the verb пересолить, which means to add too much salt, to make something excessively salty. 🔻Other examples with ПЕРЕ-: • ПЕРЕстараться (perf.) To overdo/try too hard • ПЕРЕгрузить (perf.) To overload • ПЕРЕплатить To overpay ▶️Переборщить #verbs #prefixes #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

🫥Закружиться (perf.) [za-kru-zhy-tsa] 😄Conjugation 🔻This verb is derived from the verb кружить (to make something spin) with the reflexive suffix -ся and the prefix за- (it indicates the beginning of an action). Meanings: 1) To start spinning, whirling: It describes the beginning of a rotational movement. Also about feeling dizzy: • У меня закружилась голова. I'm feeling dizzy. 2) To get caught up in the whirlwind of work, to be swamped/spun around by work: • Извините, что не звонила, я просто закружилась на работе. Sorry I didn't call, I just got swamped at work. ▶️Крутиться как белка в колесе #verbs #prefixes #spoken_russian #learn_russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Внимательно следим за телодвижениями Роскомнадзора. We are closely watching the movements of Roskomnadzor. • Следить за ... (+Instr.) (imperf.) [slee-dit' za] To watch, to keep an eye on ... • Проследить за ... (perf.) [pra-slee-dit' za] To track, to follow up on, to watch 🔥Also noun: • Слежка (слежки) (fem.noun) [slezh-ka] Surveillance, monitoring 👀Synonym: • Наблюдение (наблюдения) (за) (neut.noun) [nab-lyu-de-ni-ye (nab-lyu-de-ni-ya)] Watching, monitiring А вы следите за российским Роскомнадзором?😉 #useful_vocabulary 🟠RCR | Support | Boost

Американец в Китае называется на людях русским, чтобы местные к нему хорошо относились. An American in China pretends to be Russian in public to receive better treatment from locals. 🤔Is this a breakthrough in the international standing of the US, or will it get even funnier? 🔥Some useful language staff: • На людях (на + Prepos.case of pluralлюди) [na lyu-dyakh] SLT: On people In public, in public places • Хорошо относиться к ... (к + Dative, imperf.) [kha-ra-sho at-na-si-tsa k] To treat better #useful_vocabulary 🟠RCR | Support | Boost