The word taken as the name of today’s podcast is, of course, well known to you. In this episode you will know about one very Russian way to use it. As usual, we’ll cover not only one word but some more interesting Russian phrases and slang that you can use among your friends and surprise them how cool your Russian is. 
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Written on May 14th, 2013 by Очень по-русски
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian, Slang
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian, Slang
Это было давно и неправда
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Written on March 4th, 2013 by Очень по-русски
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian
The phrases of today’s podcast are not slang but quite informal. Learn them, use them (among friends), and you will feel it yourself how natural your Russian sounds! Please ask your questions if you don’t understand anything. Also don’t forget to listen to the audio at least three times, that will surely help you to understand fluent Russian speech better.
Олух царя небесного
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Written on February 18th, 2013 by Очень по-русски
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian, Stupid people
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Common expressions, Informal Russian, Stupid people
Today we continue describing people’s mental abilities using Russian slang and common expressions. Some of them come to us from ages, anothers are quite modern and informal.
Сиди, я сам открою
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Written on February 11th, 2013 by Очень по-русски
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Anecdotes, Crazy people
Categories: Russian expressions
Tags: Anecdotes, Crazy people
In this episode you will learn some funny expressions describing people’s mental abilities. They all are quite informal but commonly used.
Русское нет
You might have noticed already that Russians tend to use ‘no’ more often than other language speakers do. In this episode we are going to reflect on it. You will also see some very interesting expressions that definitely can make your Russian sound more natural. Listen and learn real Russian with today’s episode of Очень по-русски podcast!
Шнурки поглажу…
Today we’ll take a look at a couple of very Russian and quite emotional expressions which are used mostly in negative situations. Listen to the audio and try to catch the intonation these expressions should be pronounced. The English traslation of today’s phrases you can find in the end of the transript.
На всякий пожарный
Today’s podcast contains a few very popular Russian phrases – “на всякий пожарный”, “ума не приложу” and others. Be sure, using them you will sound as a very advanced Russian speaker. Listen to the audio and read the transcript to strengthen your studies.
Чья бы корова мычала…
Today we are talking about cows, or more exactly about a couple Russian expressions where cows are mentioned by some reasons… what are these reasons and what role do cows play in modern Russian you can learn from today’s podcast. The list of expressions, as always, is in the end of the transcript.
Только через мой труп
Today’s episode consists of two parts. In the first one we are going to discuss some ways to prevent people doing something that you don’t what them to do. In the second part of the podcast you’ll learn a few very natural Russian expressions that show your willing to help someone. All expressions, us usual, are listed and translated in English in the very end of the transcription.
По кочану!
The phrases we are discussing today are familiar to every Russian adult. Russian children adopt these phrases from generation to generation and even when they become of 20, 30 and more years old they sometimes use them out of habit. Learn them today and surprise your Russian friends.
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