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.

part Unit II|156 pages

Culture Technology Daily life

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 19|12 pages

Art Music Dance Theatre Cinema

part Unit III|154 pages

Society

part Unit IV|131 pages

The natural world

chapter 31|21 pages

Plants and animals

chapter 33|32 pages

Time