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I'm a journalist, write articles on IT and computers. I have MA in linguistics. Learning foreign languages for me is like acquiring different ways of thinking. It's a pleasure and a big challenge. I can communicate English well enough, learn French and German (beginner). Feel free to contact me if you want me to help you learning Russian.
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    The prefix "за-" may mean "into". "Он заглядывал мне в лицо" is not quite about "to stare", it is more "to take a look repeatedly and frequently into smb. face". Он глядел в лицо - would be one long staring look. Here my imagination draws the picture of a man who frequently glances at another man's face, and glances very attentively, trying to see something, like trying to пуе deep into his thoughts. Смотреть would mean a long confident look, dueling; заглядывать - is a bustling, fidgety gesture. I hope it helps.
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    March 19, 2016
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    "Что это значит?" - This is the right way to ask your question :) As of the question itself, Eugenia explained the phrase very accurately, I think.
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    February 27, 2016
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    If I get it right, it is the erasure of both software and data, thus: Моя компания хочет сосредоточниться на удалении программного обеспечения и данных с жёстких дисков (форматировании жёстких дисков), и поэтому продаёт часть бизнеса, связанную с ремонтом электронных устройств.
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    February 20, 2016
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    This verb is not common or colloquial, it is poetic. Этот глагол не принадлежит общеупотребительному (разговорному) слою лексики. Это поэтический глагол. Большинство глаголов с приставой вос-/воз- стали признаком высокого/ поэтического стиля. Мне очень нравится эта баллада. Кстати, крыла - это поэтическая форма слова "крыло". Обычная, разговорная форма - крылья.
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    January 31, 2016
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    Gleb is right - the number is in the Nominative, and it is neuter, because it agrees with a noun (skipped) число. And months are in the Genitive case, because it is "the 20th OF January", двадцатое число + (Of = Genitive) января.
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    January 20, 2016
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    Всё зависит от контекста. Это может прозвучать и старомодно (торжественно), и шутовски, и комично, и просто глупо. Вы правы, что необычное произношение в эпизоде должно было привлечь внимание зрителей, но без знания эпизода трудно сказать, на какой эффект расчитывали создатели фильма.
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    January 16, 2016
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    Кевин, in this particular sentence, it is preferable to agree the verb with много formally, i.e. singular: На столе стоит много чашек. However, in the modern Russian both options could be correct (agreeing formally and putting verbs into singular or agreeing by the meaning and putting the verb in plural). You can read more about it here: http://new.gramota.ru/spravka/letters/22-spravka/letters/64-bolshinstvo. If there were more words between много чашек and the verb, it could be plural: Много фарфоровых чашек, наполненных до краёв душистым чаем, стояли на столе. I would suggest to use singular in most cases, because it is safer. P.S.: Mind the spelling: стOять
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    January 12, 2016
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    I think it should be translated like this: Я позвонил по телефону доверия. Они сказали, что разберутся (внимательно изучат). Look into, when meaning "to inquire, investigate" could be translated as разбираться, внимательно изучать, расследовать. In Russian, tenses agree differently. You can translate the second clause as the Future tense, though in English you should use "would".
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    January 7, 2016
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    Иметь is more formal and is closer to "to possess". Sometimes it is interchangeable with "у ... есть", but usually, у меня есть/ у меня нет is more appropriate than иметь. В налоговой декларации он указал, что имеет недвижимость во Франции. In his tax return he claimed that he had a property in France. (had = possessed) Иметь may also be a part of idiomatic/ stable expressions: Я ничего не имею против - I don't mind (lit. I have nothing against). Она имела привычку громко смеяться. She had a habit to laugh out loud.
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    December 26, 2015
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    Leonid is correct - его refers to бутерброд, and the instrumental колбасой here is for 'in the manner of'. Here are some expressions for you: - вверх ногами (upside down) - вниз головой (upside down) - вперёд ногами (=six feet under, dead) - козырьком назад - wearing cap backward So, it is not uncommon to use the Instrumental for in what the manner this or that is done.
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    December 3, 2015
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