ABSTRACT
Russian For All Occasions: A Russian-English Dictionary of Collocations and Expressions presents 10,000 formal and informal modern Russian expressions that users are likely to encounter either in speech or writing.
The entries take the form of collocations, phrases or short sentences, and each entry is accompanied by a translation which provides the English communicative fragment corresponding most closely to the Russian original. Longer explanations are provided for phrases that learners might otherwise find difficult to interpret correctly. Entries are arranged thematically, with an alphabetical index of key Russian and English words to help users navigate the dictionary.
Russian For All Occasions is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Russian. The range of ready-made and contextualised expressions presented here will help learners improve their active command of Russian.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Unit I|232 pages
The person The family
chapter 2|14 pages
Health Minor health problems Illnesses Hospital
chapter 3|26 pages
Physical appearance Limbs Movements Gestures Physical actions
chapter 4|39 pages
Feelings and states of mind
chapter 6|9 pages
Cleverness Knowledge Thinking Memory
chapter 7|30 pages
Patterns of communication Verbal interaction
chapter 8|16 pages
Men and women Love Sex Marriage
chapter 9|9 pages
Children Families Relatives
chapter 10|20 pages
Names and surnames Ages Origins Biographies Addresses
chapter 11|8 pages
Death
part Unit II|156 pages
Culture Technology Daily life
chapter 12|39 pages
Language Texts Documents Literature Mass media
chapter 13|12 pages
Telephoning Computers The internet
chapter 14|7 pages
Daily life House and home
chapter 15|29 pages
Food Cooking Restaurants
chapter 16|14 pages
Clothes and footwear
chapter 17|24 pages
Transport
chapter 18|17 pages
Sport Hobbies, games and amusements
chapter 19|12 pages
Art Music Dance Theatre Cinema
part Unit III|154 pages
Society
chapter 20|14 pages
Politics Civil society Rights and freedoms
chapter 21|14 pages
State structures International relations Terrorism
chapter 22|18 pages
The armed forces War Weapons
chapter 23|19 pages
Demographics
chapter 24|17 pages
Countries and peoples Geography
chapter 25|21 pages
Religion Superstition Folk beliefs
chapter 26|15 pages
Economics Money Trade
chapter 27|15 pages
Work Wages and salaries Careers At the work place Business
part Unit IV|131 pages
The natural world