100 advanced Russian words
100 Russian words worth knowing, picked from the topics Grammar, Everyday life, Fields and translated into English.
Grammar 18 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| отрицать | to deny |
| осмеливаться | to dare |
| записывать | to write down |
| спелый | ripe |
| изношенный | worn out |
| приготовленный | cooked |
| конечно | admittedly |
| вежливо | politely |
| заметно | distinctly |
| короче говоря | briefly |
| перед лицом | faced with |
| готовый на | ready to |
| которого | whose |
| мой | minePossessive pronoun, used on its own |
| твой | yoursPossessive pronoun, used on its own |
| включать | to turn on |
| отклонять | to turn downRefuse, not accept |
| сдерживать | to hold back |
Everyday life 58 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| невоспитанный | ill mannered |
| упрёк | reproach |
| беспокоить | to disturb |
| унция | ounce |
| вольт | volt |
| ватт | watt |
| рассвет | dawn |
| датировать | to date |
| опережение | advance |
| селезёнка | spleen |
| нёбо | palate |
| артерия | artery |
| синяк | bruise |
| отит | ear infection |
| ангина | throat infection |
| невестка | daughter in lawWife of one’s son |
| вдовец | widower |
| предок | ancestor |
| смущение | embarrassment |
| покорный | docile |
| грубый | rude |
| перила | handrail |
| жалюзи | blind |
| вытяжка | cooker hood |
| напильник | file |
| тиски | vice |
| уровень | level |
| складка | pleat |
| парка | parka |
| шлёпанцы | flip flops |
| тимьян | thyme |
| филе | fillet |
| мидия | mussel |
| тёрка | grater |
| клетчатка | fibre |
| отмерять | to measure out |
| НДС | value added tax |
| кредит-нота | credit note |
| уценка | price reduction |
| канализация | sewer |
| аббатство | abbey |
| идти вдоль | to go along |
| домкрат | jack |
| капот | bonnet |
| педаль | pedal |
| дом для отдыха | holiday cottage |
| промежуточная посадка | stopover |
| задаток | deposit payment |
| дюна | dune |
| дымка | mist |
| дельта | delta |
| сорока | magpie |
| блоха | flea |
| древесный сок | sap |
| лазурь | azure |
| охра | ochre |
| вкладка | tab |
| закладка | bookmark |
Fields 24 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| клей | glue |
| мел | chalk |
| дочерняя компания | subsidiary |
| мотивировать | to motivate |
| водитель погрузчика | forklift driver |
| продавец вин | wine merchant |
| отжимание | press up |
| кроль | front crawl |
| фишка | piece |
| карусель | merry go round |
| мим | mime |
| страх сцены | stage fright |
| лупа | magnifying glass |
| аксиома | axiom |
| земля под паром | fallow land |
| метан | methane |
| актив | asset |
| ценная бумага | security |
| алиби | alibi |
| постановление | local order |
| урна для голосования | ballot box |
| заложник | hostage |
| первая полоса | front page |
| ажиотаж | buzz |
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