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Questions tagged [лексикон]

Sets of words or words with specialized meanings that have to be learned.

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Почему зовут символ @ "собака"? Why is the @-symbol called "dog"?

Почему зовут символ @ "собака"? Why is the @-symbol called "dog"? I saw this translation on the Babbel website. Most of the Russian terms regarding computer technology seem to be either direct loanwords or calques from English, but I have…
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Значение слова "политота"

Я стал встречать по-видимому новое слово политота. Когда я попросил объяснить мне его значение, мне его объяснили так: Это школота, только в политике. Это пролило некоторый свет на то, что оно значит, но полного понимания не дало. Что обозначает…
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What is the meaning of "напортачил" and "портак"?

What exactly do these words mean? How can you correctly use them in speech? I know that "портак" is some sort of a prison tattoo, but then what does "напортачил" mean?
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пятнашки as puzzle name

The Russian Wikipedia page for the 15-puzzle calls it пятнашки, while the Викисловарь page for пятнашки defines it as a children's running game. A native speaker I know, who hasn't lived in Russia for about 20 years, doesn't recall пятнашки being…
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"Kind regards" in Russian

I have been looking around in the net, and I have several options come up, so I better ask those who know. Is "С уважением" a proper end of a mail with equivelant to kind regards or is it something else altogether?
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What does "korobchil" mean?

What does "korobchil" mean? From this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfLeHdTDhUg
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How to say "come and vote" in Russian?

I have two ways to say it: Дай свой голос! Проголосуйте! The context is that there is a big voting going on and I want to invite Russian speaking people to come and vote also for the greater good. Which way is the correct way to invite people to…
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Anyone want to expand on what "можения" means?

It is said in a Vladimir Vysotsky song. Прочь влияния извне, привыкайте к новизне, вдох глубокий до изне– можения. I believe it comes from the word мочь but I'm not completely sure. I'd be grateful if anyone wanted to explain the meaning.
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How to say year-on-year in Russian?

Is there any fixed phrase for 'year-on-year' in Russian?
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Why you need to say "Она" in sentence "Она пошла"?

If you'r being asked -Где она?, you need to say -Она пошла, but Она was already said, it's clear that you talk about her, why you need to use that again?
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How to say "moving in to a new house"

I was wondering how you can say in Russian that you are moving into a new house/apartment or moving to a new city (to live there, not to visit it). I find it difficult to find a good translation for this, since in most contexts "to move" means…
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Difference between "пасть" and "упасть"

I found a source saying that the perfective counterpart of падать is both упасть and пасть, so I was wondering what the difference between these two words is. So far I could only find a post explaining the difference between падать and упасть (the…
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When and why "угу" replaced "ага"?

I know that nasals are used when pronouncing the interjection, but I always perceived the full form to be "ага". I wonder what and when happened so that people started to write "угу"?
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Difference between "греть", "обогревать" and "нагревать"

I was wondering what the difference is between the verbs греть, обогревать and нагревать. If I'm not mistaken all three verbs are imperfective. When I search google images for обогревать, it seems to be used for heating up a room, while нагревать…
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What's the difference between "проглянуть" and "проглянуться"?

According to my dictionary, both проглянуть and проглянуться mean to "peep out". For example: Солнце проглянуло из-за облаков Солнце проглянулось из-за облаков Is there a difference?
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