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Aug 3
114 – The BEST time in Russia
Let's talk about August in Russia: the end of summer, watermelons, harvest season, and preparing for the new school year! Slow Russian Podcast Transcript and audio download for $20 – https://russian.fromzerotofluency.com/courses/slowrussian Join my free email course with A LOT of ... Show More
19m 51s
Jul 8
113 – Dacha The Main Russian Obsession
Let's talk about summer at the Russian dacha: gardens, fresh vegetables, berries, shashlik, and why dacha can feel like both rest and work:) Slow Russian Podcast Transcript and audio download for $20 – https://russian.fromzerotofluency.com/courses/slowrussian Join my free email c ... Show More
19m 45s
Jul 7
You Didn't Let Me Go, So Here I am
As I've mentioned before, a lot has changed in my professional life recently. I've shifted my focus, and these days I mostly do individual psychological work:) But almost every day, I still receive emails, messages, and questions from you, my dear listeners, asking when new podca ... Show More
6m 1s
Dec 2024
E187 - Learning from Lermontov's poem on a beggar
22m 54s
Nov 2024
E181 - Tsvetaeva's greates poem for language learning
25m 47s
Nov 2023
E135 - Reading poems all Russian 1st-graders learn
23m 13s
Dec 2024
E189 - Lermontov's Angel
9m 44s
Jun 2022
A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see.
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
3m 15s
Jan 2025
E193 - Griboyedov's call for more life in our lives!
13m 36s
Mar 2023
Lesson 47: Advanced English Speaking / Idioms - Phrasal verbs
You want to SHOOT THE BREEZE with me
Counting the days to look at me
Whenever your eyes catch mine
You get TONGUE-TIED and lose your lines
You feel that you are ON THE LINE
Waiting for any sign
You WATCH me LIKE A HAWK
Listening to my footsteps and my talks
Trying to make things ... Show More
3m 16s
Aug 2012
Plain sailing
Li joins Rob on a sailing boat. Listen to their excursion and learn some sailing idioms..
4m 15s
Jul 2024
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 5
<p>In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez:</p><p>نه من از پردهٔ تقوا به درافتادم و بس<br>na man az pardé-yé taghva bā dar oftādam o bas</p><p>پدرم نیز بهشتِ ابد از دست بهشت<br>pedaram neez behishté abad az dast behesht</p>
8m 12s
Sep 2024
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This week, we examine Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about a strange voyage as told by an ancient mariner to a man on the street. It starts of as amusing, but then grows darker... Nighty Night is sponsored by Progressive! Quote today at Progressive.com to try the Name Your Price® ... Show More
35m 9s
Read the text with translation:
Белеет парус одинокий
В тумане моря голубом!..
Что ищет он в стране далёкой?
Что кинул он в краю родном?...
Играют волны — ветер свищет,
И мачта гнётся и скрипит...
Увы! Он счастия не ищет
И не от счастия бежит!
Под ним струя светлей лазури,
Над ним луч солнца золотой...
А он, мятежный, просит бури,
Как будто в бурях есть покой!
<p>Join BeFluent Camp - <a href='https://clc.to/TfUQVg'>https://clc.to/TfUQVg</a><br/><br/>Text of the poem:<br/>У врат обители святой<br/>Стоял просящий подаянья<br/>Бедняк иссохший, чуть живой<br/>От глада, жажды и страданья.<br/><br/>Куска лишь хлеба он просил,<br/>И взор явля ... Show More
<p>Join BeFluent - <a href='https://bit.ly/3PnVR6u'>https://bit.ly/3PnVR6u</a><br/><br/>Text of the poem:<br/><br/>Рас-стояние: версты, мили…<br/>Нас рас — ставили, рас — садили,<br/>Чтобы тихо себя вели<br/>По двум разным концам земли.</p><p>Рас-стояние: версты, дали…<br/>Нас ра ... Show More
<p>BeFluent Class - <a href='https://bit.ly/3PnVR6u'>https://bit.ly/3PnVR6u</a><br/><br/>Няне<br/>Подруга дней моих суровых,<br/> Голубка дряхлая моя!<br/> Одна в глуши лесов сосновых<br/>Давно, давно ты ждешь меня.<br/>Ты под окном своей светлицы<br/> Горюешь, будто на часах,<br ... Show More
<p>Join BeFluent Camp - <a href='https://clc.to/TfUQVg'>https://clc.to/TfUQVg</a><br/><br/>Text of the poem:<br/>По небу полуночи ангел летел,<br/>И тихую песню он пел,<br/>И месяц, и звезды, и тучи толпой<br/>Внимали той песне святой.<br/><br/>Он пел о блаженстве безгрешных духо ... Show More
<p>Join BeFluent Camp - <a href='https://clc.to/TfUQVg'>https://clc.to/TfUQVg</a><br/><br/>Text of the poem:<br/>Прости, отечество!</p><p>Не наслажденье жизни цель,<br/>Не утешенье наша жизнь.<br/>О! не обманывайся, сердце.<br/>О! призраки, не увлекайте!..<br/>Нас цепь угрюмых до ... Show More
