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On Stress Posted by on Jan 11, 2011

We’ve talked about word stress before, so this time we’re talking stress as in “feeling pressured”.  How’s your post-holiday stress level? I know mine is running pretty high what with all the resolutions. «У меня стресс из-за этих решений.» [I’m stressed because of these resolutions]. «Стресс» [stress] «прочно вошёл» [has come to stay] into…

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Same-Same but Different IV: Paronyms Posted by on Nov 17, 2010

Quick grammar check: what’s the right way of saying this – “Девушки одели платья в горошек” or “Девушки надели платья в горошек”? If you’re not sure, then read on. Sometimes I set out to write a post about one thing, but life gets in the way and I end up writing about something totally different…

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