😳 Слушай, меня чуть кондратий не хватил!
[ slushaj menya chut' kandratij ni khvatil ]
🇬🇧 Man, you almost gave me a heart attack!

• Чуть кондратий не хватил
[chut' kandratij ni khvatil]
=
• Чуть кондрашка не хватила
[chut' kandrashka ni khvatila]

Literally:
'Kондратий /Kондрашка' (proper name) almost grabbed someone

Meaning: 
Someone almost died, almost had a heart attack, it is usually said when someone is terribly frightened or shocked.

Origin:
This expression is associated with the events of the Bulavinsky uprising of 1707. The leader of the rebellion, Kondraty Bulavin (“Кондрашка”), in a sudden raid, destroyed the entire royal detachment led by Colonel, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. The rebels sent a dispatch to the Tsar: “Kondrashka Bulavin grabbed Dolgoruky”.

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Доброе утро, товарищи!

🔥cуббота
    [ subota ]
     Saturday

📎 In Russian the names of weekdays are usually written with lowercase letters.

😉 What is your Saturday like?

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🔢🔢🔢  Taxi 🚖

1. Вы не могли бы вызвать мне такси?
[ vy ni magli by vyzvat' mne taksi ]
🇬🇧 Can you call me a taxi?

2. На Красную Площадь, пожалуйста.
[ na Krasnuyu Ploshchad', ppzhalusta ]
🇬🇧 To Red Square, please!

('на' +noun in accusative case)
Or just say the address😉.

3. У меня с собой два больших чемодана.
[ u minya s saboy dva bol'shikh chimadana ]
🇬🇧 I’ve got two large bags with me.

4. Сколько это будет стоить?
[ skol'ka eta budet stoit' ]
🇬🇧 How much will it cost?

5. Спасибо! Сдачи не нужно.
[ spasiba! Sdachi ni nuzhna ]
🇬🇧 Thanks! Keep the change! 

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😘Взасос (adverb)
from the verb:

• (за)сосать'
[(za)sasat']
🇬🇧 to suck (in)

• Цeлoвaтьcя взасос
  [ tselovatsya vzasos ]
🇬🇧 To kiss without lifting your lips, without stopping, passionately and long, French kisses

• Засос (masc.noun)
  [ zasos ]
🇬🇧 a mark on the body, caused by a kiss

🔻Surprisingly, but this adverb can be used not only in reference to kissing, though very rarely in the figurative meaning):

• Kypить взасос
  [ kurit' vzasos ]
🇬🇧 to smoke eagerly

• Пpoчитaть poмaн взасос
🇬🇧 to read the novel without stopping

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😎 воскресенье
[ vaskrisen'ye ]
Sunday

Хорошего отдыха, товарищи!

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🔢🔢🔢 ❄🌱☀️🍁Seasons:

1. Зима (femin.noun)
    [zima]
• Зимний (adjective)
  [ zimniy ]
🇬🇧 Winter, wintry

2. Весна (femin.noun)
    [ visna ]
• Весенний (adjective)
  [ visenniy ]
🇬🇧 Spring, vernal

3. Лето (neuter noun)
    [ leta ]
• Летний (adjective)
  [ letniy ]
🇬🇧 Summer, summery

4. Осень (femin.noun)
    [ osen' ]
• Осенний (adjective)
  [ asenniy ]
🇬🇧 Autumn/Fall, autumnal

🔻In Russian the verb 'to be' in present tense is almost always omitted. So, you have to put a dash ( - ) between subject and object in accusative:

5. (Весна) - моё любимое время года.
[ (visna) mayo lubimaye vremya goda ]
🇬🇧 (Spring) is my favourite season.

🔻The hyphen (-), on the other hand, connects compound words and phrases:

• Весна-распутица
  [ visna-rasputitsa ]
🇬🇧 Spring thaw, spring bad roads

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😅Распутица
[ rasputitsa ]

It is a period when roads become impassable or difficult to access.

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👋 Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Понедельник
  [ panidel'nik ]
  Monday

😅 It looks like a spitting image of me on Monday: 

• Что, опять понедельник??
[ shto, apyat' panidel'nik ]
🇬🇧 What? Is it Monday again??

Что -> чё [chyo] (slang)

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🔢🔢🔢 😢How to say sorry:

1. Извини(те) (меня за ...)!
   [ izvini(ti) ]
+ noun in genetive case
(-те plural, polite)
🇬🇧 I'm sorry (for)

2. Прошу прощения!
   [ prashu prascheniya ]
🇬🇧 I ask for your forgiveness!

3. (Я) виноват(а)!
   [ (ya) vinavat(a) ]
(masc.(-а fem.))
🇬🇧 I'm guilty!

4. Прости(те) (меня за ...)!
   [ prasti(te) minya za... ]
+ noun in genetive case)
(-те plural, polite)
🇬🇧 Forgive (me for...)
 
5. Сорян! (Slang)
   [ saryan ]
🇬🇧 A borrowed word from 'sorry'

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😴 (Быть) без задних ног
  [ byt' bez zadnikh nok ]

Literally:
Tо be without hind legs

Meaning:
It feels like when you are physically exhausted. This is often used to describe sleeping the sleep of the dead: спать без задних ног

Origin:
The expression appeared from watching animals: after work, the horse lies down and sleeps, completely relaxing its hind legs; if you try to lift her, it will stand on her front legs, and its hind legs will not obey her.

• Набегавшись, она возвращалась домой и спала без задних ног.
[ nabegavshis', ana vazvrashchalas' damoy i spala bez zadnikh nog ]
🇬🇧 Having run around like crazy, she came home and slept like a baby.

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😉Бодрого утра всем!

• Вторник
  [ ftornik ]
  Tuesday

Вторник comes from Slavic 'vьtorъ'  which means 'второй' [ftaroy] the second .

❗Scientists say Tuesday is even harder that Monday due to the awareness of the need to complete all work that has been postponed !

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🔢🔢🔢 Mood / Настроение:

1. У меня депреcняк. (slang)
  [ u minya dipresnyak ]
from 'депрессия'
I've got a depression, I'm feeling blue

2. Мне скучно.
  [ mnye skooshna ]
I'm bored.

3. Я в норме.
  [ ya v norme ]
I'm alright.

4. Мне весело.
  [ mnye vesila ]
I'm having fun.

💢 but
• Я сегодня навеселе.
  [ ya sivodnya navisilye ]
I'm tipsy today.

5. Я сегодня в ударе!
  [ ya sivodnya v oodarje ]
I'm at my best today!

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🧠 Парить мозги (slang)
     [ parit' mozgi ]

Literally:
to bathe one's brains

Meaning:
to bother someone with complaints, to make someone's  brain ache, to fry one's brains

• Не парь мне мозги своими просьбами!
[ ne par' mne mazgi svaimi prosbami ]
🇬🇧 Don't bother me with your requests!

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