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The online English-Russian Phrasebook contains over 2000 most frequently used words, phrases, and expressions arranged by situations. Available in text, sound, and PDF formats, the Phrasebook can be very helpful for the learners at any language level.
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The Online Russian Language Center
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Introduction
About Phrasebook content
Entries presentation
Audio support
PDF files
Additional options
Price
How to become a Phrasebook member
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Introduction
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Generally, phrasebook is a small reference book and a kind of manual
for colloquial skill development at the same time. Phrasebooks are
usually aimed at the broad audience of readers. This Phrasebook is
intended for the broad audience of the Internet users. Always and
everywhere, when you access the Internet, our Phrasebook is at your
service. Here you can not only find necessary phrases or select an
appropriate expression, but also hear the way they sound in proper
Russian language as all the entries of our Phrasebook were recorded
by the professional Russian State Television announcers.
Thus, if you are:
• going to have a business or tourist trip to Russia;
• planning to receive guests from Russia;
• interested in the Russian language or just want to learn some Russian phrases -
we are certain that in all these cases the LearningRussian.com Phrasebook will become your indispensable assistant.
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| About Phrasebook content
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The Phrasebook contains about 2000 most frequently used Russian
words, phrases, and expressions, which are generally accepted
units of everyday and professional vocabulary as well. They are grouped
into 18 thematic sections. The intuitively clear hierarchical
menu allows finding any entry of interest in a few seconds. On some
pages of the Phrasebook you can come across the comments, which explain
the considered communicative situations. The phrases are arranged
in such way that they often form either a sort of fragments of real
conversations or even complete dialogues.
You can get acquainted with Phrasebook vocabulary
for free. It contains all the English phrases and their Russian
equivalents presented in premium version. Thus, you can form a true
notion of the quality and volume of the linguistic content of the
paid Phrasebook before you decide to register for the service.
Note: use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or newer).
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| Entries presentation |
Each entry is presented in three variants: English original, Russian
equivalent, and its practical transcription. To view Russian texts correctly,
please check russification of your computer. The practical transcription
of Russian expressions employs Latin letters and does not pretend
to transfer accuracy of the phonemic structure; nevertheless it allows
pronouncing Russian words and phrases quite correctly. For your convenience
all words in the practical transcription are divided into syllables
with stressed syllables being put in initial letters. The majority
of phrases can belong both to man and woman - those phrases are given
in dark gray color font. However, some phrases in Russian language
can belong either only to man or only to woman. You'll find such expressions
in the Phrasebook colored in blue and red correspondingly.
For example:
| I am American. |
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Я американец.
Я американка. |
ya ah-meh-ree-KA-nehts.
ya ah-meh-ree-KAHN-ka. |
Note: we tried to make exact translation of the English phrases
as a rule, however in some cases we had rather to convey situational
correspondence.
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| Audio support
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You can listen to the pronunciation of all the expressions included
in the Phrasebook. To have more complete idea of real Russian speech
we offer you both male and female voice recordings. Moreover, these
recordings differs slightly: the female voice reads at a slow, regular
pace, whether the male voice approaches to real speech in everyday
surroundings. That's why we recommend you to listen to the female
voice recording at first. To playback male/female voice audio support,
click blue/red button near the phrase you are interested in.
For example:
| Hi! |
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Привет! |
pree-VEHT! |
Note: to make use of the sound support,
you may need to install RealAudio Player by
RealNetworks, Inc. [download free version]
Note: we do not apply RealAudio streaming technology
on our site yet, therefore the sound files are fully preloaded before
the playback. Since all the sound fragments are short enough, it practically
does not cause the playback delay or any other inconveniences.
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| PDF files
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You can print out the PDF formatted version of any thematic section
of interest. The PDF files are available for download at the end of
each section of the full text Phrasebook with sound and PDF files
and readable with Adobe Acrobat Reader.[download free version]
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| Additional options
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Ask a phrase - for your convenience this option is placed in
the headline of every section and subsection of the Phrasebook. If
you didn't find the phrase you were searching for, feel free to ask for help in the Forum.
Words combining - the Phrasebook frequently represents a kind
of tool for sentence constructing. You are offered to choose either
beginning of the phrase or its continuation at your desire. Besides,
the communicative situations are often accompanied by groups of related
words. Using these words in the phrases and expressions that form
a semantic basis of considered communicative situations, you may get
new variants of sentences.
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| Price
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Phrasebook Membership now costs US $19 for 6 months or US $29 for 12 months of access to the online product.
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To become a Phrasebook Member, you have to perform the following steps:
Step 1 - fill out the Registration Form (enter your personal information, select a price/duration);
Step 2 - pay by Credit Card online (enter your details on secure server).
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