Search from various English teachers...
Profile
Learning
Spanish
Language Skills
RussianNative
English
Lesson Feedback
Lesson history
 Last monthLast 3 monthsAll time
Completed lessons004
Attendance rate100%100%100%
Teacher reviews
Martin S.
English
Nov 2, 2012
For the record, I didn't choose the reading material ;) But great as always, Irina!
Activities
  • Answered
    aqui tienes un buen sitio para esas cosas: forvo.com
    0 voted
    November 18, 2012
    0
  • Answered
    IMO that's called etymology, not hidden meaning. Words in any language have it, Russian is no exception. On a different note, at first I thought you mean the English word "cop" (police officer), not the Russian "сор". Which is quite peculiar, because in informal speech a policeman is sometimes called "мусор" around here, meaning "litter".
    0 voted
    November 14, 2012
    1
  • Answered
    Depends on what you're more into, Soviet stuff or modern movies, comedies or dramas, etc.
    0 voted
    November 14, 2012
    0
  • Answered
    Looks like there's no difference, it's the same instrument. "The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, feadóg stáin (or simply feadóg) and Clarke London Flageolet", says Wikipedia.
    0 voted
    November 13, 2012
    0
  • Answered
    "it's" can also stand for "it has", though. It's been a long time since we last talked = it has been.
    0 voted
    November 12, 2012
    0
  • Answered
    4 - "beforehand" será "de antemano", no? y porque "mano", entonces? ;)
    0 voted
    November 8, 2012
    3
  • Answered
    рада - чему? - этому (дательный падеж)
    0 voted
    November 4, 2012
    0
  • Corrected
    0 voted
    November 2, 2012
    0
  • Posted
    Предложения из глаголов - Sentences made of verbs В русском часто можно услышать выражения из нескольких глаголов подряд. Один из самых известных примеров: "Надо пойти купить выпить". In Russian, you can often hear expressions made of several verbs in a row. One of the most popular examples is: "It's necessary to go buy something to drink (alcohol)". Вчера я услышала такое предложение: "Хочу пойти позвонить заказать поесть". Пять глаголов подряд, четыре из них в инфинитиве! Yesterday, I heard a sentence: "I want to go and make a call to order something to eat". Five verbs in a row, four of them are infinitives! Наверное, можно составить предложение, в котором будет ещё больше глаголов подряд. Вряд ли оно будет звучать естественно, но вы можете попробовать :) Maybe it's possible to make up a sentence that'll have even more verbs in a row. It's unlikely to sound natural, but you're welcome to try :)
    November 2, 2012
    5
    4
  • Posted
    "cuesta arriba" ¡Hola todos! Según tengo entendido, la expresión "cuesta arriba" se refiere a algo difícil, se compara con subir una pendiente. Me he dado con la frase "hacerse cuesta arriba", pero ¿cómo se usa? ¿"La situación se está haciendo cuesta arriba"? Y si quiero decir que algo le resulta difícil a alguien, ¿digo: "El colegio se me hace cuesta arriba"? ¿Este "cuesta arriba" se puede usar con otros verbos? Gracias de antemano :)
    October 31, 2012
    4
    1