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make time – найти время, выкроить время “make time” literally means “create time”. So, you need to look at your schedule and think how you can change it in order to run twice a week. find time – найти время A clear direct translation from English into Russian is always helpful. When you use this phrase you don’t think about changing your schedule but finding a time slot to do the activity you want...

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In December 2025, I was going to make a decision, but I didn't. Now it seems I have to. I've set up a channel on VK since the format is quite similar to TG, although I can't say I really like the idea of having a channel and a group on VK. Well, let's see how it goes...

I defenitely owe France an apology 😂 I really used to believe that they used the weirdest way to say numbers. I was wrong! Thanks to Roya 💙

Who knew there are so many words to say you are sad or unhappy?! The most popular are: unhappy = sad miserable =very sad upset = unhappy, worried, or angry down = unhappy, unable to feel excited or energetic about anything (informal)...

What’s that? 🤯 *relative clause – относительное придаточное предложение * non-defining – неопределительное Life hasn’t become easier, has it? Well, in short: non-defining relative clauses add extra information about a person, place, or thing. The cool part? Without this information, we still can clearly understand the meaning of the sentence. For example, My grandma is kind. Now I want to add some extra (fun or interesting) detail and say that She loves baking cakes. It doesn’t tell what type of person my grandma is. I can say 2 sentences OR My grandma, who loves baking cakes, is kind. “Magic”...

Today, Orthodox Christians celebrate Forgiveness Sunday (or the Sunday of Forgiveness). Interestingly, Western Catholics don’t celebrate this day, whereas Eastern Catholics do. The day marks the end of Maslenitsa, which means that Great Lent begins tomorrow. Great Lent is the strictest out of the four big Lents: no meat, no fish, no dairy products...

😎 To be honest, I thought it would take longer. Bearing in mind that I didn’t have time to do the puzzle every day, I finished it quite quickly. I really enjoyed the process 🥰 Once you’re focused, you realise that all the details are different colours and shapes, which is really helpful...

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🥞 Once upon a time, On Sunday evening I went to the supermarket to get some kefir to make pancakes. I prefer kefir to milk. When I got home, I realised that I had little flour in the cupboard. So, on Monday afternoon I went shopping again. I bought some flour and happily returned home where I found out that I didn’t have any eggs. Well, the following morning I got a pack of eggs and finally could make some pancakes...