Olga Jarrell Aug 27, 2016 Ох, уж этот нос! Oh, This Nose! The word нос is just one of the words denoting a part of your face – a nose. However, it is used in a surprisingly big number of idiomati...
Olga Jarrell Aug 27, 2016 БАБЬЕ ЛЕТО БАБЬЕ ЛЕТО is a period of warm, sunny, and dry weather before the cold and rainy days of the fall. In the middle part of Russia, ба́бье л...
Olga Jarrell Apr 17, 2016 WORD OF THE DAY: заби́ть The inspiration for writing about this word came from one of my student’s questions: "What will it be in Russian if I need to say ‘save a...
Olga Jarrell Nov 30, 2015 Ни пуха ни пера! It’s common for Russian students to say «Ни пу́ха ни пера́!» to each other before exams. It literally means "Not a bit of down, nor a sin...
Olga Jarrell Oct 25, 2015 Word of the day: везёт – не везёт In one of the popular Russian songs of the 60s «Чёрный кот», there are the following lines: Говоря́т, не повезёт Если чёрный кот доро́г...
