Sentence examples for using the Russian words from inspiring English sources

"The military is a complete disaster area — prosto koshmar,'' Feshbach said, using the Russian words that mean "simply a nightmare".

"The military is a complete disaster area — prosto koshmar," Feshbach said, using the Russian words that mean "simply a nightmare".

"The pivo's free," said Mr. Malone, using the Russian word for beer.

Rather than being "the heroic woman," she once said, she would vastly prefer to be a "babushka," using the Russian word for grandmother.

But he used the Russian word ravnovesie in its wider sense, of psychological equilibrium.

Pride parades remain banned in Moscow, while opposition leaders freely use the Russian word for "faggot" in public.

"I'm not boasting" (he used the Russian word for boasting), "but I am not suspected of compromising our security".

When explaining their support for Vladimir Putin, the handful of people willing to talk all used the Russian word – stabilnost – for stability.

But the seven students who unexpectedly bonded at Nafisi's home also responded enthusiastically to Nabokov's other work and particularly to his use of the Russian word poshlust.

Chernozems (from the Russian words for "black earth") are humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereals or for raising livestock.

A portmanteau of the Russian words for "compromising" and "material," it refers to the timeworn tradition of obtaining information and using it to smear or influence public officials.