Title: Russian vocabulary — Fyodor Dostoevsky in the original

Russian: сердце
Stressed: се́рдце
Meaning: heart (n., n.)
Seen: 50× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жилец
Stressed: жиле́ц
Meaning: lodger, tenant (noun)
Seen: 22× in Dostoevsky

Russian: скамейка
Stressed: скаме́йка
Meaning: bench (noun)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: минута
Stressed: мину́та
Meaning: minute (n., f.)
Example: И радость вдруг заволновалась в его душе, и он даже остановился на минуту, чтобы перевести дух.
ExampleEn: And joy suddenly stirred in his soul, and he even stopped for a minute to get his breath.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 39× in Dostoevsky

Russian: девушка
Stressed: де́вушка
Meaning: girl, young woman (n., f.)
Seen: 23× in Dostoevsky

Russian: старина
Meaning: olden times (noun)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уже
Stressed: уже́
Meaning: already (adv.)
Example: На голове целая шапка давно уже нечёсанных, путаных волос, что придаёт ему ещё большую, паучью суровость.
ExampleEn: On his head is a whole mop of long-uncombed, tangled hair, which lends him a still greater, spiderish severity.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 74× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заговорить
Stressed: заговори́ть
Meaning: begin to speak (verb, pf)
Seen: 13× in Dostoevsky

Russian: целый
Stressed: це́лый
Meaning: whole, entire (adj.)
Example: На голове целая шапка давно уже нечёсанных, путаных волос, что придаёт ему ещё большую, паучью суровость.
ExampleEn: On his head is a whole mop of long-uncombed, tangled hair, which lends him a still greater, spiderish severity.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 29× in Dostoevsky

Russian: воротиться
Stressed: вороти́ться
Meaning: to return (colloquial verb)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мечтание
Meaning: daydreaming, reverie (noun)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: счастливый
Stressed: счастли́вый
Meaning: happy, fortunate (adj.)
Seen: 20× in Dostoevsky

Russian: час
Meaning: hour (n., m.)
Example: Убаюканный сладкими надеждами, он час спустя крепко спал…
ExampleEn: Lulled by sweet hopes, an hour later he was sound asleep…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 32× in Dostoevsky

Russian: паутина
Stressed: паути́на
Meaning: cobweb, spiderweb (noun)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слово
Stressed: сло́во
Meaning: word (n., n.)
Example: — Истинно слово, ваше превосходительство, лошадиная…
ExampleEn: “It’s the honest truth, Your Excellency, a horsey one…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 45× in Dostoevsky

Russian: грустно
Stressed: гру́стно
Meaning: sadly (adv.)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: покраснеть
Stressed: покрасне́ть
Meaning: to blush, turn red (v., pf.)
Seen: 13× in Dostoevsky

Russian: история
Stressed: исто́рия
Meaning: history; story (n., f.)
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жизнь
Meaning: life (n., f.)
Example: Пропащая моя жизнь, хуже собаки всякой…
ExampleEn: My life is a lost one, worse than any dog's…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 37× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слепой
Stressed: слепо́й
Meaning: blind (adj)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тип
Meaning: type, sort (noun)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: фантазия
Stressed: фанта́зия
Meaning: fantasy, imagination (noun)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: оттого
Stressed: оттого́
Meaning: for that reason (adv.)
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: робкий
Meaning: timid, shy (adj.)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: когда-нибудь
Stressed: когда́-нибудь
Meaning: someday, ever (adv.)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обмануться
Meaning: to be deceived, mistaken (verb pf)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отдаленный
Meaning: distant, remote (adj)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: почем
Stressed: почём
Meaning: how much; at what price (adv)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пришпилить
Meaning: to pin on (verb pf)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: севильский
Meaning: of Seville (adj)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тоска
Stressed: тоска́
Meaning: melancholy, anguish, yearning (n., fem.)
Example: В слезящихся глазах его выражение тоски и ужаса.
ExampleEn: In its watering eyes is an expression of anguish and terror.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мечта
Stressed: мечта́
Meaning: dream, daydream (noun)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: набережная
Meaning: embankment, quay (noun)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: захотеть
Meaning: to want, desire (v., pf.)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ровно
Stressed: ро́вно
Meaning: exactly; evenly (adv.)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: совет
Stressed: сове́т
Meaning: advice; council (n., m.)
Example: — Так зачем же, чёрт тебя возьми, с советами лезешь, ежели забыл?
ExampleEn: “Then why the devil do you come pushing your advice at me, if you’ve forgotten it?”
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бабушкин
Stressed: ба́бушкин
Meaning: grandmother's (possessive adjective)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: братский
Stressed: бра́тский
Meaning: brotherly, fraternal (adjective)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жаль
Meaning: it's a pity (predicative)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отогнать
Stressed: отогна́ть
Meaning: to drive away (verb pf)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прохожий
Stressed: прохо́жий
Meaning: passer-by (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: разрешить
Stressed: разреши́ть
Meaning: to permit; to resolve (verb pf)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слезинка
Stressed: слези́нка
Meaning: little tear, teardrop (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: угрызение
Meaning: pang, remorse (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: больше
Stressed: бо́льше
Meaning: more, bigger (adv., comp.)
Example: Больше всех хлопотала барышня Ольга Игнатьевна, любимица Ваньки.
ExampleEn: The one who bustled about most of all was the young mistress Olga Ignatyevna, Vanka's favourite.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 22× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слеза
Meaning: tear (n., f.)
Example: Приятели троекратно облобызались и устремили друг на друга глаза, полные слёз.
ExampleEn: The friends kissed each other three times over and fixed upon one another eyes brimming with tears.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тотчас
Stressed: то́тчас
Meaning: immediately, at once (adv.)
Example: Боль утихла тотчас же, и генерал успокоился.
ExampleEn: The pain subsided at once, and the general was at peace.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 17× in Dostoevsky

Russian: герой
Stressed: геро́й
Meaning: hero (n., m.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мечтать
Stressed: мечта́ть
Meaning: to dream, daydream (verb, impf)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обидеть
Stressed: оби́деть
Meaning: to offend (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: покамест
Stressed: пока́мест
Meaning: meanwhile, for the present (adv., arch.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: узелок
Stressed: узело́к
Meaning: small bundle; knot (n., masc.)
Example: Через базарную площадь идёт полицейский надзиратель Очумелов в новой шинели и с узелком в руке.
ExampleEn: Across the market square walks the police superintendent Ochumelov, in a new greatcoat and with a little bundle in his hand.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: снова
Stressed: сно́ва
Meaning: again (adv.)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тротуар
Meaning: sidewalk, pavement (n., m.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: год
Meaning: year (n., m.)
Example: Это маленький, тощенький, но необыкновенно юркий и подвижной старикашка лет 65-ти, с вечно смеющимся лицом и пьяными глазами.
ExampleEn: He is a small, scrawny, but uncommonly nimble and lively old codger of about sixty-five, with an everlastingly laughing face and drunken eyes.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 29× in Dostoevsky

Russian: робко
Stressed: ро́бко
Meaning: timidly (adv.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: смешной
Stressed: смешно́й
Meaning: funny, ridiculous (adj.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сомнение
Stressed: сомне́ние
Meaning: doubt (n., n.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: фантастический
Stressed: фантасти́ческий
Meaning: fantastic (adj.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сегодня
Stressed: сего́дня
Meaning: today (adv.)
Example: А господь ему на это: «Говорю тебе, Петр, не пропоет сегодня петел, то есть петух, как ты трижды отречешься, что не знаешь меня».
ExampleEn: And the Lord said to him: ‘I tell thee, Peter, the cock — that is, the rooster — shall not crow this day before thou hast thrice denied that thou knowest me.’
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: чуть
Meaning: slightly, barely (adv.)
Seen: 13× in Dostoevsky

Russian: счастье
Stressed: сча́стье
Meaning: happiness, luck (n.)
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: разуметься
Meaning: to be understood; of course (v., impf.)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: перестать
Stressed: переста́ть
Meaning: to stop, cease (verb, pf)
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ввериться
Meaning: to entrust oneself (verb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вдвоем
Stressed: вдвоём
Meaning: the two together (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: впрямь
Meaning: indeed, really (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: годовщина
Stressed: годовщи́на
Meaning: anniversary (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: достойный
Meaning: worthy (adj)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жать
Meaning: press, squeeze (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: канал
Meaning: canal, channel (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: китайский
Meaning: Chinese (adj)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мигом
Stressed: ми́гом
Meaning: in a flash, instantly (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: незваный
Stressed: незва́ный
Meaning: uninvited (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: незнакомка
Meaning: unknown woman, stranger (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: неистощимый
Meaning: inexhaustible (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обвинять
Meaning: to accuse, blame (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: облокотиться
Meaning: to lean one's elbows (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: объятие
Meaning: embrace (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: одиночество
Stressed: одино́чество
Meaning: loneliness, solitude (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: остров
Meaning: island (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отвергнуть
Stressed: отве́ргнуть
Meaning: to reject (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: печать
Stressed: печа́ть
Meaning: seal, stamp (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: потускнеть
Meaning: to grow dim, tarnish (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: присылать
Meaning: to send (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: разлука
Stressed: разлу́ка
Meaning: separation, parting (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: рой
Meaning: swarm (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: словцо
Stressed: словцо́
Meaning: little word, quip (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сострадательный
Meaning: compassionate (adj)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: течь
Meaning: to flow (impf verb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: угадать
Meaning: to guess (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уговор
Stressed: угово́р
Meaning: agreement, pact (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: утешать
Stressed: утеша́ть
Meaning: to console, comfort (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: книга
Stressed: кни́га
Meaning: book (n., f.)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: как-то
Stressed: ка́к-то
Meaning: somehow; namely (adv.)
Example: Я извинялся, да он как-то странно…
ExampleEn: I did apologize, but he was somehow strange…
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 16× in Dostoevsky

Russian: воображение
Stressed: воображе́ние
Meaning: imagination (noun)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: свидание
Stressed: свида́ние
Meaning: meeting, rendezvous (noun)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тогда
Stressed: тогда́
Meaning: then, at that time (adv.)
Example: Ежели б я рельсу унёс или, положим, бревно поперёк ейного пути положил, ну, тогды, пожалуй, своротило бы поезд, а то… тьфу! гайка!
ExampleEn: If I had carried off a rail, or, let’s say, laid a log across its track, well, then, maybe, the train would have been turned over, but this… pah! a nut!
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 22× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вместе
Stressed: вме́сте
Meaning: together (adv.)
Example: Это я про ту, что под сундучком, а ту, что на дворе в санях, мы вместе с Митрофаном вывинтили.
ExampleEn: That's the one under the trunk I'm speaking of; but the one out in the yard, in the sledge, that one Mitrofan and I unscrewed together.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: клясться
Meaning: to swear, vow (v., impf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: простой
Stressed: просто́й
Meaning: simple, plain (adj.)
Example: Такая ещё простая фамилия… словно как бы лошадиная…
ExampleEn: And such a simple surname, too… something horsey about it, as it were…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: угрюмый
Stressed: угрю́мый
Meaning: gloomy, sullen (adj.)
Example: Его обросшее волосами и изъеденное рябинами лицо и глаза, едва видные из-за густых, нависших бровей, имеют выражение угрюмой суровости.
ExampleEn: His face, overgrown with hair and eaten away by pockmarks, and his eyes, barely visible from under thick, overhanging brows, wear an expression of sullen severity.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: восторг
Stressed: восто́рг
Meaning: delight, rapture (n., m.)
Example: Дед приходит в неописанный восторг, заливается веселым смехом и кричит:
ExampleEn: Grandfather goes into indescribable raptures, breaks into merry laughter and shouts:
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: цирюльник
Stressed: цирю́льник
Meaning: barber (n., dated)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: воз
Meaning: cart, cartload (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: городской
Stressed: городско́й
Meaning: city, urban (adjective)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дождь
Meaning: rain (n., m.)
Example: Должно полагать, перед дождём…
ExampleEn: Must be coming on to rain, I dare say…
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дойти
Meaning: to reach, get to (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дружба
Meaning: friendship (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: задумчивый
Stressed: заду́мчивый
Meaning: pensive, thoughtful (adj)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: замолчать
Meaning: to fall silent (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: затем
Stressed: зате́м
Meaning: then, after that (adv)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мезонин
Stressed: мезони́н
Meaning: mezzanine, attic storey (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: попробовать
Stressed: попро́бовать
Meaning: to try, attempt (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тосковать
Stressed: тоскова́ть
Meaning: to yearn, be miserable (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уныло
Stressed: уны́ло
Meaning: dejectedly, dolefully (adv.)
Example: Открытые двери лавок и кабаков глядят на свет божий уныло, как голодные пасти; около них нет даже нищих.
ExampleEn: The open doors of the shops and taverns look out upon God’s world as dismally as hungry maws; there are not even any beggars near them.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: участие
Stressed: уча́стие
Meaning: participation; sympathy (n.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: читать
Stressed: чита́ть
Meaning: to read (v., impf.)
Example: На печи сидит дед, свесив босые ноги, и читает письмо кухаркам…
ExampleEn: On the stove sits grandfather, his bare feet dangling, reading the letter aloud to the cooks…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: благодарный
Meaning: grateful (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: оскорбить
Stressed: оскорби́ть
Meaning: to insult, offend (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: призрак
Stressed: при́зрак
Meaning: phantom, ghost (noun)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: роман
Stressed: рома́н
Meaning: novel; love affair (noun)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дача
Stressed: да́ча
Meaning: country house, dacha (n., f.)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: смех
Meaning: laughter (n., m.)
Example: Дед приходит в неописанный восторг, заливается веселым смехом и кричит:
ExampleEn: Grandfather goes into indescribable raptures, breaks into merry laughter and shouts:
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: умный
Stressed: у́мный
Meaning: clever, intelligent (adj.)
Example: Их благородие умный господин и понимают, ежели кто врёт, а кто по совести, как перед богом…
ExampleEn: Their Honour is a clever gentleman and they understand who is lying and who speaks by his conscience, as before God…
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: миг
Meaning: instant, moment (n., m.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прекрасно
Stressed: прекра́сно
Meaning: beautifully; excellently (adv)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: небо
Stressed: не́бо
Meaning: sky, heaven (n., neut.)
Example: Всё небо усыпано весело мигающими звездами, и Млечный путь вырисовывается так ясно, как будто его перед праздником помыли и потерли снегом…
ExampleEn: The whole sky is strewn with merrily twinkling stars, and the Milky Way stands out as clearly as if it had been washed and scrubbed with snow for the holiday…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: помнить
Stressed: по́мнить
Meaning: to remember (v., impf.)
Example: Помню, фамилия лошадиная, а какая — из головы вышибло…
ExampleEn: I remember the surname is a horsey one, but which — it’s been knocked clean out of my head…”
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: например
Stressed: наприме́р
Meaning: for example (adverb)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: услышать
Stressed: услы́шать
Meaning: to hear (v., pf.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: чувство
Stressed: чу́вство
Meaning: feeling, sense (n., neut.)
Example: Ежели я осмеливаюсь беспокоить ваше —ство, то именно из чувства, могу сказать, раскаяния!..
ExampleEn: If I make bold to trouble Your Ex'cy, it is precisely out of a feeling, I may say, of repentance!..
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: безвозвратно
Stressed: безвозвра́тно
Meaning: irrevocably (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: безмятежный
Meaning: serene, tranquil (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: беречь
Stressed: бере́чь
Meaning: to guard, cherish (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бесплотный
Meaning: incorporeal, bodiless (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: благонравный
Meaning: well-behaved (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: благословенный
Meaning: blessed (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: благословлять
Meaning: to bless (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: блистать
Stressed: блиста́ть
Meaning: to shine, sparkle (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: брюнетка
Stressed: брюне́тка
Meaning: dark-haired woman (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: великодушно
Stressed: великоду́шно
Meaning: magnanimously (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: весна
Meaning: spring, season (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: волнение
Stressed: волне́ние
Meaning: agitation, excitement (noun)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: волшебный
Meaning: magical (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вспорхнуться
Meaning: to flutter up (verb, colloquial)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: всячески
Stressed: вся́чески
Meaning: in every way (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: выживаться
Meaning: to go senile, be ousted (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вымаливать
Meaning: to beg for, implore (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вязать
Stressed: вяза́ть
Meaning: to knit (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: гордый
Stressed: го́рдый
Meaning: proud (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: греза
Meaning: daydream, reverie (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: девица
Meaning: maiden, young lady (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: добренький
Meaning: kindly, sweet (adjective, diminutive)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: довод
Meaning: argument, reason (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дожить
Meaning: live until (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: досадный
Stressed: доса́дный
Meaning: vexing, annoying (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жалобный
Stressed: жа́лобный
Meaning: plaintive, mournful (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жест
Meaning: gesture (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: животное
Stressed: живо́тное
Meaning: animal (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заблистать
Stressed: заблиста́ть
Meaning: begin to shine (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: задохнуться
Meaning: suffocate, gasp (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: закоптелый
Meaning: sooty, smoke-blackened (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заныть
Meaning: begin to ache (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: запихать
Meaning: shove in, stuff (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: застлать
Meaning: cover over, dim (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заткать
Meaning: weave over, cover (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: зашевелиться
Meaning: begin to stir (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: зола
Meaning: ashes, cinders (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: идеал
Stressed: идеа́л
Meaning: ideal (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: излить
Stressed: изли́ть
Meaning: to pour out (feelings) (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: измять
Meaning: to crumple (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: карниз
Meaning: cornice, ledge (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: касатик
Stressed: каса́тик
Meaning: dear, darling (folksy address) (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: кипеть
Meaning: to boil, seethe (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: колыхаться
Meaning: to sway, flutter (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: личико
Stressed: ли́чико
Meaning: little face (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мелочь
Stressed: ме́лочь
Meaning: trifle, small thing (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: минутный
Meaning: momentary, minute-long (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мучение
Meaning: torment, suffering (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: наверху
Stressed: наверху́
Meaning: above, upstairs (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: навязать
Stressed: навяза́ть
Meaning: to impose, foist on (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нагрузить
Meaning: to load, laden (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: назавтра
Stressed: наза́втра
Meaning: the next day (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: назначать
Meaning: to appoint, set, assign (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: накипеть
Meaning: to boil up, accumulate (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: насказать
Meaning: to tell a lot of (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: насмеяться
Meaning: to mock, laugh at (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: настать
Meaning: to come, begin (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: научиться
Meaning: to learn (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нашалить
Meaning: to be naughty, play pranks (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нежить
Meaning: to pamper, caress (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: неизъяснимо
Stressed: неизъясни́мо
Meaning: inexplicably, ineffably (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: несбыточно
Stressed: несбы́точно
Meaning: unrealizably, impossibly (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обидно
Stressed: оби́дно
Meaning: hurtful, vexing (predicate adv)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обломок
Meaning: fragment, debris (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: опубликовать
Stressed: опубликова́ть
Meaning: to publish (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: оробеть
Meaning: to grow timid, quail (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: осматривать
Meaning: to examine, look over (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: осыпаться
Meaning: to crumble, fall off (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отвергать
Meaning: to reject (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отгонять
Meaning: to drive away (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: откланяться
Meaning: to take one's leave (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отшпилить
Stressed: отшпи́лить
Meaning: to unpin (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: павловск
Meaning: Pavlovsk (town near Petersburg)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: палаццо
Stressed: пала́ццо
Meaning: palazzo (indeclinable noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: патетический
Meaning: impassioned, high-flown (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пенсион
Stressed: пенсио́н
Meaning: pension, allowance (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: перейти
Stressed: перейти́
Meaning: to cross, go over (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пересиливать
Meaning: to overpower, overcome (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пересказать
Meaning: to retell (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: перспектива
Stressed: перспекти́ва
Meaning: perspective, prospect (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: по-писаному
Stressed: по-пи́саному
Meaning: fluently, as if written (adv)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: повстречаться
Stressed: повстреча́ться
Meaning: to meet by chance (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: погибать
Meaning: to perish (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: подробный
Meaning: detailed (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: покорность
Stressed: поко́рность
Meaning: submissiveness, obedience (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: помирить
Meaning: to reconcile (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пощадить
Meaning: to spare, have mercy on (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: предупреждать
Meaning: to warn (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: премиленький
Meaning: very sweet, very cute (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прижиматься
Stressed: прижима́ться
Meaning: to press oneself against (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: призвать
Stressed: призва́ть
Meaning: to call, summon (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: принц
Meaning: prince (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приставать
Stressed: пристава́ть
Meaning: to pester; stick to (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прихотливый
Meaning: whimsical, capricious (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: произвол
Meaning: arbitrary will; whim (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: проситься
Meaning: to ask permission, beg (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: разбиваться
Meaning: to break, shatter (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: родина
Meaning: homeland (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ротик
Stressed: ро́тик
Meaning: little mouth (diminutive noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: рушиться
Meaning: to collapse, crumble (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сегодняшний
Meaning: today's (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сжалиться
Stressed: сжа́литься
Meaning: to take pity (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сладострастный
Meaning: voluptuous, sensual (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: смирно
Stressed: сми́рно
Meaning: quietly, meekly (adv)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: собеседник
Meaning: interlocutor, conversation partner (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: согласный
Meaning: agreeing, in agreement (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сучковатый
Meaning: knotty, gnarled (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: схватиться
Meaning: to grab hold, clutch (pf verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: таить
Meaning: to conceal, harbor (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тема
Meaning: theme, topic (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: терзать
Stressed: терза́ть
Meaning: to torment (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: усидеть
Stressed: усиде́ть
Meaning: to sit still, stay seated (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: усмотреть
Stressed: усмотре́ть
Meaning: to perceive, discern (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: успех
Meaning: success (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: утирать
Meaning: to wipe (tears, face) (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: учитель
Meaning: teacher (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уязвить
Meaning: to wound, sting (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: шалость
Meaning: prank, mischief (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: шевельнуться
Stressed: шевельну́ться
Meaning: to stir, make a movement (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: школьник
Stressed: шко́льник
Meaning: schoolboy (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: булавка
Meaning: pin (n., f.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: во-первых
Stressed: во-пе́рвых
Meaning: firstly (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: догадаться
Meaning: to guess, realize (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: задрожать
Meaning: begin to tremble (verb, pf)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: изменить
Stressed: измени́ть
Meaning: to change; to betray (verb pf)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: подождать
Stressed: подожда́ть
Meaning: to wait a while (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: позабыть
Stressed: позабы́ть
Meaning: to forget (v., pf., coll.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: потерять
Stressed: потеря́ть
Meaning: to lose (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: удивление
Stressed: удивле́ние
Meaning: surprise, astonishment (n.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: день
Meaning: day (n., m.)
Example: Днем он спит в людской кухне или балагурит с кухарками, ночью же, окутанный в просторный тулуп, ходит вокруг усадьбы и стучит в свою колотушку.
ExampleEn: By day he sleeps in the servants' kitchen or jokes with the cooks; by night, muffled in a roomy sheepskin coat, he walks round the estate and taps his watchman's rattle.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 30× in Dostoevsky

Russian: стать
Meaning: to become, begin (v., pf.)
Example: — Извольте писать, ваше превосходительство, в город Саратов, стало быть…
ExampleEn: “Be so good as to write, Your Excellency: to the town of Saratov, then…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 30× in Dostoevsky

Russian: долго
Stressed: до́лго
Meaning: for a long time (adv.)
Example: Бывало, прежде чем вырубить елку, дед выкуривает трубку, долго нюхает табак, посмеивается над озябшим Ванюшкой…
ExampleEn: Before cutting down the fir, grandfather would smoke a pipe, take a long sniff of snuff, and chuckle at little Vanya, chilled to the bone…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: правда
Stressed: пра́вда
Meaning: truth (n., f.)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: столько
Stressed: сто́лько
Meaning: so much, so many (adv.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: судьба
Stressed: судьба́
Meaning: fate, destiny (n., f.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: горько
Stressed: го́рько
Meaning: bitterly (adv.)
Example: В евангелии сказано: «И исшед вон, плакася горько».
ExampleEn: In the Gospel it is said: ‘And he went out, and wept bitterly.’
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: действительный
Meaning: real, actual (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: домик
Stressed: до́мик
Meaning: little house (noun, dim.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: очнуться
Meaning: to come to, awaken (v., pf.)
Example: Вспомнил, очнулся, пошел со двора и горько-горько заплакал.
ExampleEn: He remembered, he came to himself, went out of the courtyard and wept bitterly, bitterly.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: понравиться
Stressed: понра́виться
Meaning: to be liked, please (verb, pf)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: рыдание
Stressed: рыда́ние
Meaning: sobbing (n., n.)
Example: Воображаю: тихий-тихий, темный-темный сад, и в тишине едва слышатся глухие рыдания…
ExampleEn: I can imagine it: a hushed, hushed garden, dark, dark, and in the silence muffled sobbing, barely to be heard…”
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: солидный
Meaning: solid, respectable (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: строгий
Meaning: strict, severe (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: строчка
Meaning: line (of text) (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: блеснуть
Meaning: to flash, gleam (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вкопанный
Stressed: вко́панный
Meaning: rooted to the spot (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вправе
Stressed: впра́ве
Meaning: entitled, having the right (predicative)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: задыхаться
Meaning: to gasp, be breathless (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: захохотать
Stressed: захохота́ть
Meaning: burst out laughing (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: каменный
Stressed: ка́менный
Meaning: stone, of stone (adj)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мельком
Stressed: ме́льком
Meaning: in passing, fleetingly (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нанимать
Meaning: to hire, rent (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: недовольный
Meaning: dissatisfied, displeased (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обман
Stressed: обма́н
Meaning: deception, deceit (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: особый
Stressed: осо́бый
Meaning: special, particular (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: переезжать
Meaning: to move house (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: переплет
Stressed: переплёт
Meaning: book binding (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: перила
Stressed: пери́ла
Meaning: railing, banister (n., pl.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: потупиться
Meaning: to look down (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: преступление
Stressed: преступле́ние
Meaning: crime (n., n.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пускаться
Meaning: to set out, embark on (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ресница
Meaning: eyelash (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: способный
Meaning: capable, able (adj)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: условие
Stressed: усло́вие
Meaning: condition, term (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: худо
Stressed: ху́до
Meaning: badly, ill (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: чудак
Stressed: чуда́к
Meaning: eccentric, odd fellow (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: посмотреть
Stressed: посмотре́ть
Meaning: to look, take a look (v., pf.)
Example: Там не посмотрели бы в закон, а моментально — не дыши!
ExampleEn: There they wouldn't go looking into the law — in a flash: breathe no more!
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вчера
Stressed: вчера́
Meaning: yesterday (adv.)
Example: Точно вчера родился или с неба упал.
ExampleEn: As though he were born yesterday or dropped out of the sky.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пройти
Stressed: пройти́
Meaning: to pass, go through (v., pf.)
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: едва
Stressed: едва́
Meaning: hardly, scarcely (adv.)
Example: Его обросшее волосами и изъеденное рябинами лицо и глаза, едва видные из-за густых, нависших бровей, имеют выражение угрюмой суровости.
ExampleEn: His face, overgrown with hair and eaten away by pockmarks, and his eyes, barely visible from under thick, overhanging brows, wear an expression of sullen severity.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: будущий
Meaning: future (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: легко
Stressed: легко́
Meaning: easily, lightly (adv)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мир
Meaning: world; peace (n., m.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: несчастный
Meaning: unhappy, unfortunate (adj.)
Example: Пожалей ты меня сироту несчастную, а то меня все колотят и кушать страсть хочется, а скука такая, что и сказать нельзя, всё плачу.
ExampleEn: Have pity on me, a wretched orphan, for everybody knocks me about and I am terribly hungry, and the dreariness is such as cannot be told, I am always crying.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: почти
Stressed: почти́
Meaning: almost (adv.)
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: глупый
Stressed: глу́пый
Meaning: stupid (adj.)
Example: Разве ты не понимаешь, глупая голова, к чему ведёт это отвинчивание?
ExampleEn: Don’t you understand, you stupid head, what this unscrewing leads to?
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мало
Stressed: ма́ло
Meaning: little, few (adv.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: полюбить
Stressed: полюби́ть
Meaning: to come to love (verb, pf)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: солнце
Stressed: со́лнце
Meaning: sun (n., n.)
Example: Денис переминается с ноги на ногу, глядит на стол с зелёным сукном и усиленно мигает глазами, словно видит перед собой не сукно, а солнце.
ExampleEn: Denis shifts from one foot to the other, stares at the table with its green baize and blinks hard, as though what stood before him were not baize but the sun.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: считать
Stressed: счита́ть
Meaning: to count, consider (v., impf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: знакомый
Stressed: знако́мый
Meaning: familiar, acquainted (adj.)
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уметь
Meaning: to know how, be able (v., impf.)
Example: Никто лучше его не умеет вовремя подкрасться и цапнуть за ногу, забраться в ледник или украсть у мужика курицу.
ExampleEn: Nobody knows better than he how to steal up at the right moment and snap at a leg, to slip into the ice-cellar, or to make off with a peasant's hen.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приятель
Stressed: прия́тель
Meaning: friend, pal (n., m.)
Example: На вокзале Николаевской железной дороги встретились два приятеля: один толстый, другой тонкий.
ExampleEn: At the station of the Nikolaevsky railway two friends met: the one fat, the other thin.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: веселый
Stressed: весёлый
Meaning: cheerful, merry (adj.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: невольно
Stressed: нево́льно
Meaning: involuntarily (adv.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: влюбиться
Stressed: влюби́ться
Meaning: to fall in love (verb)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: глазки
Stressed: гла́зки
Meaning: little eyes (noun, diminutive)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: желтый
Meaning: yellow (adj)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: черный
Stressed: чёрный
Meaning: black (adj.)
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: кончить
Meaning: to finish, end (v., pf.)
Example: Когда генерал кончил беседу с последним просителем и направился во внутренние апартаменты, Червяков шагнул за ним и забормотал:
ExampleEn: When the general had finished his talk with the last petitioner and set off toward the inner apartments, Chervyakov stepped after him and mumbled:
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: наружность
Stressed: нару́жность
Meaning: appearance, exterior (n., f.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поступить
Stressed: поступи́ть
Meaning: to act; enter, join (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бедный
Stressed: бе́дный
Meaning: poor (adj.)
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: человек
Stressed: челове́к
Meaning: person; pl. people (n., m.)
Example: Ежели у которого человека заболит зуб, то и идут к нему, помогает…
ExampleEn: If a man gets a toothache, off they go to him, and he helps…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 35× in Dostoevsky

Russian: встретиться
Stressed: встре́титься
Meaning: to meet each other (v., pf.)
Example: На вокзале Николаевской железной дороги встретились два приятеля: один толстый, другой тонкий.
ExampleEn: At the station of the Nikolaevsky railway two friends met: the one fat, the other thin.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: петербургский
Stressed: петербу́ргский
Meaning: Petersburg, of Petersburg (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поскорее
Stressed: поскоре́е
Meaning: as quickly as possible (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: стыдно
Stressed: сты́дно
Meaning: ashamed; it is shameful (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: душа
Stressed: душа́
Meaning: soul (n., f.)
Example: И радость вдруг заволновалась в его душе, и он даже остановился на минуту, чтобы перевести дух.
ExampleEn: And joy suddenly stirred in his soul, and he even stopped for a minute to get his breath.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Dostoevsky

Russian: более
Stressed: бо́лее
Meaning: more (adv.)
Example: Если кто берёт десять штук и более, тому, понимаешь, уступка.
ExampleEn: If anyone takes ten or more, then, you understand, there's a discount.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 13× in Dostoevsky

Russian: настоящий
Stressed: настоя́щий
Meaning: real, genuine; present (adj.)
Example: Прошлое, думал он, связано с настоящим непрерывною цепью событий, вытекавших одно из другого.
ExampleEn: The past, he thought, is linked to the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of another.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сначала
Stressed: снача́ла
Meaning: at first (adv.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вечно
Stressed: ве́чно
Meaning: eternally, forever (adv.)
Example: Это маленький, тощенький, но необыкновенно юркий и подвижной старикашка лет 65-ти, с вечно смеющимся лицом и пьяными глазами.
ExampleEn: He is a small, scrawny, but uncommonly nimble and lively old codger of about sixty-five, with an everlastingly laughing face and drunken eyes.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сила
Stressed: си́ла
Meaning: strength, force (n., f.)
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: луч
Meaning: ray, beam (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мертвый
Stressed: мёртвый
Meaning: dead (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: напротив
Stressed: напро́тив
Meaning: on the contrary; opposite (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: недавний
Stressed: неда́вний
Meaning: recent (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обещать
Stressed: обеща́ть
Meaning: to promise (v., impf./pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обмануть
Stressed: обману́ть
Meaning: to deceive (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: описать
Stressed: описа́ть
Meaning: to describe (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: превосходный
Stressed: превосхо́дный
Meaning: excellent, superb (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: припомнить
Stressed: припо́мнить
Meaning: to remember, recall (v., pf.)
Example: — Вчера в «Аркадии», ежели припомните, ваше —ство, — начал докладывать экзекутор, — я чихнул-с и… нечаянно обрызгал…
ExampleEn: — Yesterday at the Arcadia, if you will recall, Your Ex'cy, — the usher began to report, — I sneezed, sir, and… accidentally spattered you…
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пробить
Meaning: to strike (of a clock) (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пронестись
Meaning: to rush past, sweep by (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: раскаяние
Stressed: раска́яние
Meaning: repentance, remorse (n., n.)
Example: Ежели я осмеливаюсь беспокоить ваше —ство, то именно из чувства, могу сказать, раскаяния!..
ExampleEn: If I make bold to trouble Your Ex'cy, it is precisely out of a feeling, I may say, of repentance!..
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: расспрашивать
Stressed: расспра́шивать
Meaning: to question, ask about (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: серьезно
Stressed: серье́зно
Meaning: seriously (adv)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: смысл
Meaning: sense, meaning (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тихонько
Stressed: тихо́нько
Meaning: softly, quietly (adv)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ужасно
Stressed: ужа́сно
Meaning: terribly, awfully (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: физиономия
Stressed: физионо́мия
Meaning: face, physiognomy (n., fem.)
Example: Из лавок высовываются сонные физиономии, и скоро около дровяного склада, словно из земли выросши, собирается толпа.
ExampleEn: Sleepy faces poke out of the shops, and soon a crowd has gathered by the timber yard, as though it had sprung up out of the ground.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: положить
Stressed: положи́ть
Meaning: to put, lay (v., pf.)
Example: Ежели б я рельсу унёс или, положим, бревно поперёк ейного пути положил, ну, тогды, пожалуй, своротило бы поезд, а то… тьфу! гайка!
ExampleEn: If I had carried off a rail, or, let’s say, laid a log across its track, well, then, maybe, the train would have been turned over, but this… pah! a nut!
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приходить
Stressed: приходи́ть
Meaning: to come, arrive (v., impf.)
Example: Дед приходит в неописанный восторг, заливается веселым смехом и кричит:
ExampleEn: Grandfather goes into indescribable raptures, breaks into merry laughter and shouts:
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: как-нибудь
Stressed: ка́к-нибудь
Meaning: somehow, anyhow (adv.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: напрасно
Stressed: напра́сно
Meaning: in vain (adverb)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: время
Stressed: вре́мя
Meaning: time (n., n.)
Example: Иван Великопольский, студент духовной академии, сын дьячка, возвращаясь с тяги домой, шел всё время заливным лугом по тропинке.
ExampleEn: Ivan Velikopolsky, a student of the theological academy and the son of a sexton, walking home from the evening woodcock flight, kept the whole way along a footpath across the water-meadow.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 24× in Dostoevsky

Russian: женщина
Stressed: же́нщина
Meaning: woman (n., f.)
Example: Из-за его спины выглядывала худенькая женщина с длинным подбородком — его жена, и высокий гимназист с прищуренным глазом — его сын.
ExampleEn: From behind his back there peeped a scrawny little woman with a long chin — his wife, and a tall high-school boy with a narrowed eye — his son.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: биться
Stressed: би́ться
Meaning: to beat, struggle (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: горе
Stressed: го́ре
Meaning: grief, sorrow (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: испуг
Meaning: fright, scare (n.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ощущение
Stressed: ощуще́ние
Meaning: sensation, feeling (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сжать
Meaning: to squeeze, clench (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: требовать
Stressed: тре́бовать
Meaning: to demand, require (v., impf.)
Example: Приказчика то и дело требовали в дом.
ExampleEn: Every minute or two the clerk was summoned to the house.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: шаг
Meaning: step (n., m.)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: должен
Stressed: до́лжен
Meaning: must, obliged (pred.)
Example: Я должен взять тебя под стражу и отослать в тюрьму.
ExampleEn: I must take you into custody and send you to prison.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: иногда
Stressed: иногда́
Meaning: sometimes (adv.)
Example: Чихают и мужики, и полицеймейстеры, и иногда даже и тайные советники.
ExampleEn: Peasants sneeze, and police chiefs, and sometimes even privy councillors.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: облако
Stressed: о́блако
Meaning: cloud (n., n.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уехать
Stressed: уе́хать
Meaning: to leave, depart (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: место
Stressed: ме́сто
Meaning: place (n., neut.)
Example: А в мясных лавках и тетерева, и рябцы, и зайцы, а в котором месте их стреляют, про то сидельцы не сказывают.
ExampleEn: And in the butchers' shops there are black grouse and hazel grouse and hares, but where they are shot the shopmen won't say.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 18× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дрожать
Meaning: to tremble (v., impf.)
Example: Работники возвращались с реки, и один из них верхом на лошади был уже близко, и свет от костра дрожал на нем.
ExampleEn: The labourers were coming back from the river, and one of them, on horseback, was already close by, and the light of the bonfire quivered upon him.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: свет
Meaning: light; world, society (n., m.)
Example: Для меня теперь эта фамилия дороже, кажется, всего на свете.
ExampleEn: That surname is dearer to me now, it seems, than anything else in the world.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сесть
Meaning: to sit down (v., pf.)
Example: Генерал сел за стол и взял перо в руки.
ExampleEn: The general sat down at the table and took up a pen.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: боязливо
Stressed: боязли́во
Meaning: timidly (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: выказать
Meaning: to show, display (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вытерпеть
Stressed: вы́терпеть
Meaning: to endure, bear (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: детский
Meaning: children's, childlike (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: договорить
Meaning: finish saying (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дума
Meaning: thought, musing (n., f.)
Example: Судя по морщинам, бороздившим его лоб, и по выражению глаз, думы его были напряжённы, мучительны…
ExampleEn: To judge by the wrinkles furrowing his forehead and by the look in his eyes, his thoughts were strained and agonizing…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жалкий
Meaning: pitiful (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: закрыться
Meaning: to close, cover oneself (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: игривый
Stressed: игри́вый
Meaning: playful (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: измениться
Meaning: to change (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: исполнить
Meaning: to fill; fulfill (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: капризный
Meaning: capricious (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: колонна
Meaning: column, pillar (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: кончаться
Meaning: to end, come to end (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: лениво
Stressed: лени́во
Meaning: lazily (adv)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: лихорадка
Stressed: лихора́дка
Meaning: fever (n.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: маленький
Stressed: ма́ленький
Meaning: small, little (adj.)
Example: Это маленький, тощенький, но необыкновенно юркий и подвижной старикашка лет 65-ти, с вечно смеющимся лицом и пьяными глазами.
ExampleEn: He is a small, scrawny, but uncommonly nimble and lively old codger of about sixty-five, with an everlastingly laughing face and drunken eyes.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мимоходом
Stressed: мимохо́дом
Meaning: in passing (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нагнать
Meaning: to overtake, catch up (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: наяву
Stressed: наяву́
Meaning: in reality, awake (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: неведомый
Meaning: unknown, mysterious (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нетерпеливый
Stressed: нетерпели́вый
Meaning: impatient (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обида
Meaning: offense, insult, grievance (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обязанность
Stressed: обя́занность
Meaning: duty, obligation (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: опомниться
Stressed: опо́мниться
Meaning: to come to one's senses (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: открыться
Meaning: to open up, be revealed (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: очередь
Stressed: о́чередь
Meaning: turn; queue (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: переходить
Stressed: переходи́ть
Meaning: to cross, pass over (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: по-видимому
Stressed: по-ви́димому
Meaning: apparently, evidently (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пожимать
Meaning: to squeeze; shrug (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: покидать
Meaning: to leave, abandon (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: послезавтра
Stressed: послеза́втра
Meaning: the day after tomorrow (adv.)
Example: Дул жестокий ветер, в самом деле возвращалась зима, и не было похоже, что послезавтра Пасха.
ExampleEn: A cruel wind was blowing; winter really was coming back, and it did not seem as though Easter were the day after tomorrow.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: постареть
Meaning: to grow old (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: похвалить
Stressed: похвали́ть
Meaning: to praise (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: похудеть
Meaning: to grow thin (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пушкин
Stressed: пу́шкин
Meaning: Pushkin (Russian poet)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: раб
Meaning: slave (n., m.)
Example: Пошлите ему, ваше превосходительство, депешу, что так, мол, вот и так… у раба божьего Алексия зубы болят, прошу выпользовать.
ExampleEn: Send him a wire, Your Excellency, saying such and such and so and so… the servant of God Alexy is suffering from toothache, I beg you to cure him.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: рассказывать
Stressed: расска́зывать
Meaning: to tell, narrate (v., impf.)
Example: — Для чего ты мне про шилишпера рассказываешь?
ExampleEn: — What are you telling me about the asp for?
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: роза
Stressed: ро́за
Meaning: rose (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сбиться
Stressed: сби́ться
Meaning: to go astray; get confused (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сверкать
Meaning: to sparkle, flash (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: скрывать
Stressed: скрыва́ть
Meaning: to hide, conceal (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сравнить
Stressed: сравни́ть
Meaning: to compare (pf verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сущность
Meaning: essence (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: удаваться
Meaning: to succeed, work out (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: устроить
Stressed: устро́ить
Meaning: to arrange, organize (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: утешение
Stressed: утеше́ние
Meaning: consolation, comfort (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: шагнуть
Meaning: to step (v., pf.)
Example: Когда генерал кончил беседу с последним просителем и направился во внутренние апартаменты, Червяков шагнул за ним и забормотал:
ExampleEn: When the general had finished his talk with the last petitioner and set off toward the inner apartments, Chervyakov stepped after him and mumbled:
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: потом
Stressed: пото́м
Meaning: then, afterwards (adv.)
Example: Потом почесался, подумал и прибавил: «Константину Макарычу».
ExampleEn: Then he scratched himself, thought a moment, and added: “To Konstantin Makarych.”
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 21× in Dostoevsky

Russian: средство
Stressed: сре́дство
Meaning: means, remedy (n., neut.)
Example: Все домашние — жена, дети, прислуга, даже поварёнок Петька предлагали каждый своё средство.
ExampleEn: The whole household — his wife, the children, the servants, even Petka the kitchen boy — each proposed a remedy of his own.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уйти
Stressed: уйти́
Meaning: to leave, go away (v., pf.)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: взглянуть
Stressed: взгляну́ть
Meaning: to glance, look (v., pf.)
Example: И после этого раза тот час же запел петух, и Петр, взглянув издали на Иисуса, вспомнил слова, которые он сказал ему на вечери…
ExampleEn: And immediately after that time the cock crowed, and Peter, looking from afar at Jesus, remembered the words he had spoken to him at the supper…
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бояться
Stressed: боя́ться
Meaning: to fear (v., impf.)
Example: Хотел было пешком на деревню бежать, да сапогов нету, морозу боюсь.
ExampleEn: I thought of running away to the village on foot, but I have no boots and I am afraid of the frost.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: господин
Stressed: господи́н
Meaning: gentleman, mister (n., m.)
Example: Поздравляю вас с Рождеством и желаю тебе всего от господа бога.
ExampleEn: I congratulate you on Christmas and wish you all good things from the Lord God.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 15× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дом
Meaning: house (n., m.)
Example: Дома всё господские и лошадей много, а овец нету и собаки не злые.
ExampleEn: The houses are all gentlefolk's and there are lots of horses, but there are no sheep and the dogs are not vicious.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 19× in Dostoevsky

Russian: стена
Meaning: wall (n., f.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: цветок
Stressed: цвето́к
Meaning: flower (n., masc.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бродить
Stressed: броди́ть
Meaning: to wander, roam (verb)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: встречать
Stressed: встреча́ть
Meaning: to meet (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: старушка
Stressed: стару́шка
Meaning: little old lady (n., f., dim.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: взгляд
Meaning: look, glance (n., m.)
Example: Лукерья оставила ложки и устремила неподвижный взгляд на студента.
ExampleEn: Lukerya put down the spoons and fixed a motionless gaze on the student.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: готовый
Meaning: ready (adj.)
Example: — Если помнишь, во время тайной вечери Петр сказал Иисусу: «С тобою я готов и в темницу, и на смерть».
ExampleEn: “If you remember, at the Last Supper Peter said to Jesus: ‘With Thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.’
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: подать
Stressed: пода́ть
Meaning: to give, serve, submit (v., pf.)
Example: Он отвернулся от тонкого и подал ему на прощанье руку.
ExampleEn: He turned away from the thin one and held out his hand to him in farewell.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: блаженство
Meaning: bliss (n., neut.)
Example: Он глядел и чувствовал себя на верху блаженства.
ExampleEn: He gazed and felt himself at the very height of bliss.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: грех
Meaning: sin (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: домашний
Meaning: domestic, household (adj.)
Example: Все домашние — жена, дети, прислуга, даже поварёнок Петька предлагали каждый своё средство.
ExampleEn: The whole household — his wife, the children, the servants, even Petka the kitchen boy — each proposed a remedy of his own.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отказаться
Stressed: отказа́ться
Meaning: to refuse (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: открыть
Meaning: to open; discover (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: переехать
Meaning: to move house (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поразить
Stressed: порази́ть
Meaning: to strike, astound (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приключение
Stressed: приключе́ние
Meaning: adventure (noun)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сердитый
Stressed: серди́тый
Meaning: angry, cross (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: увидеться
Meaning: to see each other (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: хохотать
Stressed: хохота́ть
Meaning: to laugh loudly, guffaw (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слегка
Stressed: слегка́
Meaning: slightly, lightly (adv.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прочесть
Stressed: проче́сть
Meaning: to read (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: решительно
Stressed: реши́тельно
Meaning: decidedly, absolutely (adv.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сон
Meaning: sleep; dream (n., m.)
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: проходить
Stressed: проходи́ть
Meaning: to pass, go by (v., impf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: угол
Stressed: у́гол
Meaning: corner (n.)
Example: В доме, в саду, в людской и кухне люди ходили из угла в угол и, почёсывая лбы, искали фамилию…
ExampleEn: In the house, in the garden, in the servants’ hall and in the kitchen, people walked from corner to corner and, scratching their foreheads, searched for the surname…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: долгий
Stressed: до́лгий
Meaning: long (in time) (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: желание
Stressed: жела́ние
Meaning: desire, wish (n., n.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заходить
Stressed: заходи́ть
Meaning: to drop in, call on (v., impf.)
Example: Иван Евсеич медленно вышел, а генерал схватил себя за щёку и заходил по комнатам.
ExampleEn: Ivan Yevseich went slowly out, and the general clutched his cheek and began pacing from room to room.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: надежда
Stressed: наде́жда
Meaning: hope (n.)
Example: Убаюканный сладкими надеждами, он час спустя крепко спал…
ExampleEn: Lulled by sweet hopes, an hour later he was sound asleep…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: очутиться
Meaning: to find oneself (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поверить
Stressed: пове́рить
Meaning: to believe (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поутру
Stressed: поутру́
Meaning: in the morning (adv., arch.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: похожий
Meaning: similar, alike (adj)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: учиться
Stressed: учи́ться
Meaning: to study, learn (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бросить
Meaning: to throw; abandon (v., pf.)
Example: — Ты это своё «чаво» брось, а отвечай на вопрос! для чего ты отвинчивал гайку?
ExampleEn: — Drop that “wha’” of yours and answer the question! what were you unscrewing the nut for?
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заплакать
Meaning: to begin to cry (v., pf.)
Example: Вспомнил, очнулся, пошел со двора и горько-горько заплакал.
ExampleEn: He remembered, he came to himself, went out of the courtyard and wept bitterly, bitterly.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заставить
Stressed: заста́вить
Meaning: to force, compel (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: скоро
Stressed: ско́ро
Meaning: soon, quickly (adv.)
Example: Из лавок высовываются сонные физиономии, и скоро около дровяного склада, словно из земли выросши, собирается толпа.
ExampleEn: Sleepy faces poke out of the shops, and soon a crowd has gathered by the timber yard, as though it had sprung up out of the ground.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: голова
Stressed: голова́
Meaning: head (n., f.)
Example: За ним, опустив головы, шагают старая Каштанка и кобелек Вьюн, прозванный так за свой черный цвет и тело, длинное, как у ласки.
ExampleEn: Behind him, their heads hanging, pace old Kashtanka and the little dog Vyun, so named for his black colour and for his body, long as a weasel's.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 20× in Dostoevsky

Russian: старый
Stressed: ста́рый
Meaning: old (adj.)
Example: За ним, опустив головы, шагают старая Каштанка и кобелек Вьюн, прозванный так за свой черный цвет и тело, длинное, как у ласки.
ExampleEn: Behind him, their heads hanging, pace old Kashtanka and the little dog Vyun, so named for his black colour and for his body, long as a weasel's.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: впечатление
Stressed: впечатле́ние
Meaning: impression (n., n.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вызвать
Stressed: вы́звать
Meaning: to summon, call forth (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: глупость
Stressed: глу́пость
Meaning: stupidity, nonsense (n., f.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: досада
Meaning: vexation, annoyance (n., f.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: здоровье
Stressed: здоро́вье
Meaning: health (n., n.)
Example: — Надумал, дай бог здоровья доктору!
ExampleEn: “I’ve got it, God grant the doctor good health!
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: знакомство
Stressed: знако́мство
Meaning: acquaintance (n.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мелькнуть
Meaning: to flash by (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мило
Stressed: ми́ло
Meaning: nicely, sweetly (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обманывать
Stressed: обма́нывать
Meaning: to deceive (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ожидание
Stressed: ожида́ние
Meaning: expectation, waiting (n., neut.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отворить
Meaning: to open (door) (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: поздно
Stressed: по́здно
Meaning: late (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: природа
Stressed: приро́да
Meaning: nature (n., f.)
Example: Надо бы ему объяснить, что я вовсе не желал… что это закон природы, а то подумает, что я плюнуть хотел.
ExampleEn: I ought to explain to him that I never meant it at all… that it's a law of nature, or else he'll think I meant to spit.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: прожить
Stressed: прожи́ть
Meaning: to live (through) (v., pf.)
Example: Слава те господи, господин хороший, век свой прожили и не токмо что убивать, но и мыслей таких в голове не было…
ExampleEn: Glory be to God, good sir, we have lived out our lives and not only never killed anyone, we never so much as had such thoughts in our heads…
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: радостный
Stressed: ра́достный
Meaning: joyful (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: рассердиться
Stressed: рассерди́ться
Meaning: to get angry (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слыхать
Meaning: to hear (v., impf., colloq.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: смешаться
Meaning: to mingle; become confused (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: язык
Stressed: язы́к
Meaning: language; tongue (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: молодой
Stressed: молодо́й
Meaning: young (adj.)
Example: Молодые елки, окутанные инеем, стоят неподвижно и ждут, которой из них помирать?
ExampleEn: The young firs, muffled in hoarfrost, stand motionless and wait — which of them is to die?
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 14× in Dostoevsky

Russian: находить
Meaning: to find (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: продолжать
Stressed: продолжа́ть
Meaning: to continue (v., impf.)
Example: Ванька вздохнул, умокнул перо и продолжал писать:
ExampleEn: Vanka sighed, dipped his pen and went on writing:
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: странный
Stressed: стра́нный
Meaning: strange, odd (adj.)
Seen: 9× in Dostoevsky

Russian: благодарность
Stressed: благода́рность
Meaning: gratitude (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: блестящий
Meaning: shining, brilliant (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: внимательно
Stressed: внима́тельно
Meaning: attentively (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вскричать
Meaning: to cry out (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вспыхнуть
Stressed: вспы́хнуть
Meaning: to flare up, blush (verb)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: доказательство
Stressed: доказа́тельство
Meaning: proof, evidence (n., n.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жаркий
Stressed: жа́ркий
Meaning: hot (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: забиться
Meaning: to start beating (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: замуж
Stressed: за́муж
Meaning: in marriage (of woman) (adv)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: идея
Stressed: иде́я
Meaning: idea (n., f.)
Example: Ты, должно быть, расковырял палец гвоздиком, а потом и пришла в твою голову идея, чтоб сорвать.
ExampleEn: You must have picked the finger open with a little nail, and then the idea came into your head of getting something out of it.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: касаться
Meaning: to concern, touch (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: краска
Meaning: paint; blush, color (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: кружиться
Meaning: to whirl, spin (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: лгать
Meaning: to lie, tell lies (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: лететь
Meaning: to fly (v., impf.)
Example: Откуда ни возьмись, по сугробам летит стрелой заяц…
ExampleEn: From out of nowhere a hare comes flying like an arrow over the snowdrifts…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: май
Meaning: May (month) (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мрачный
Stressed: мра́чный
Meaning: gloomy, somber (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нанять
Meaning: to hire (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: нахмуриться
Meaning: to frown (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: отличаться
Meaning: to be distinguished, differ (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: перебивать
Stressed: перебива́ть
Meaning: to interrupt (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пообедать
Stressed: пообе́дать
Meaning: to have dinner (v., pf.)
Example: Толстый только что пообедал на вокзале, и губы его, подёрнутые маслом, лоснились, как спелые вишни.
ExampleEn: The fat one had just dined at the station, and his lips, glazed with butter, glistened like ripe cherries.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: посметь
Meaning: to dare (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: похолодеть
Meaning: to grow cold (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: представиться
Meaning: to present itself, appear (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приветливо
Stressed: приве́тливо
Meaning: affably, kindly (adv.)
Example: Василиса вздрогнула, но тотчас же узнала его и улыбнулась приветливо.
ExampleEn: Vasilisa gave a start, but recognized him at once and smiled a welcome.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: пригласить
Stressed: пригласи́ть
Meaning: to invite (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: приезд
Meaning: arrival (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: принудить
Meaning: to compel, force (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: робость
Stressed: ро́бость
Meaning: timidity, shyness (n., f.)
Example: В антракте он подошел к Бризжалову, походил возле него и, поборовши робость, пробормотал:
ExampleEn: During the intermission he went up to Brizzhalov, walked about near him and, mastering his timidity, mumbled:
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: роль
Meaning: role, part (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: светить
Meaning: to shine (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: серьезный
Stressed: серье́зный
Meaning: serious (adj)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слог
Meaning: style (of writing); syllable (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: солгать
Stressed: солга́ть
Meaning: to lie, tell a lie (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: составить
Stressed: соста́вить
Meaning: to compose, put together (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: спохватиться
Meaning: to catch oneself, suddenly remember (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: старик
Stressed: стари́к
Meaning: old man (noun)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: старость
Stressed: ста́рость
Meaning: old age (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: суровый
Stressed: суро́вый
Meaning: stern, severe, harsh (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: убитый
Stressed: уби́тый
Meaning: killed; crushed, dejected (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: уголок
Stressed: уголо́к
Meaning: little corner (n., dim.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: удерживать
Stressed: уде́рживать
Meaning: to hold back, restrain (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: царство
Stressed: ца́рство
Meaning: kingdom, realm (n., neut.)
Example: Помер покойник барин-генерал, царство небесное, а то показал бы он вам, судьям…
ExampleEn: The late master, the general, is dead, the kingdom of heaven be his, or he'd have shown you something, you judges…
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: чулок
Stressed: чуло́к
Meaning: stocking (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ходить
Stressed: ходи́ть
Meaning: to walk, go (v., impf.)
Example: Днем он спит в людской кухне или балагурит с кухарками, ночью же, окутанный в просторный тулуп, ходит вокруг усадьбы и стучит в свою колотушку.
ExampleEn: By day he sleeps in the servants' kitchen or jokes with the cooks; by night, muffled in a roomy sheepskin coat, he walks round the estate and taps his watchman's rattle.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дух
Meaning: spirit; breath (n., m.)
Example: И радость вдруг заволновалась в его душе, и он даже остановился на минуту, чтобы перевести дух.
ExampleEn: And joy suddenly stirred in his soul, and he even stopped for a minute to get his breath.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: внезапно
Stressed: внеза́пно
Meaning: suddenly (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: встретить
Stressed: встре́тить
Meaning: to meet (v., pf.)
Example: За воротами в поле он встретил Ивана Евсеича…
ExampleEn: Beyond the gates, out in the field, he met Ivan Yevseich…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: жениться
Stressed: жени́ться
Meaning: to marry, get married (v.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: известный
Stressed: изве́стный
Meaning: well-known; certain (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: лучший
Stressed: лу́чший
Meaning: better, best (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: молча
Stressed: мо́лча
Meaning: silently, without speaking (adverb)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: почтенный
Stressed: почте́нный
Meaning: respectable, venerable (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слишком
Stressed: сли́шком
Meaning: too, excessively (adv.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сметь
Meaning: to dare (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: улица
Stressed: у́лица
Meaning: street (n., f.)
Example: Довольный тем, что ему не помешали писать, он надел шапку и, не набрасывая на себя шубейки, прямо в рубахе выбежал на улицу…
ExampleEn: Pleased that nobody had hindered his writing, he put on his cap and, without throwing his little coat over him, ran out into the street in nothing but his shirt…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: совершенно
Stressed: соверше́нно
Meaning: completely, utterly (adv.)
Seen: 13× in Dostoevsky

Russian: грустный
Stressed: гру́стный
Meaning: sad (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: одинокий
Stressed: одино́кий
Meaning: lonely, solitary (adj.)
Example: Одинокий огонь спокойно мигал в темноте, и возле него уже не было видно людей.
ExampleEn: The solitary fire blinked quietly in the darkness, and no people could be made out beside it now.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: оставлять
Meaning: to leave (v., impf.)
Example: Ты, Хрюкин, пострадал и дела этого так не оставляй…
ExampleEn: You, Hryukin, have suffered damages, and don't let this business drop…
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: побледнеть
Meaning: to turn pale (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: повторять
Stressed: повторя́ть
Meaning: to repeat (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сходить
Stressed: сходи́ть
Meaning: to go down; come off (v.)
Example: — А все-таки ты сходи, извинись, — сказала она.
ExampleEn: — But all the same you go and apologize, — she said.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: унылый
Stressed: уны́лый
Meaning: dejected, dreary (adj.)
Example: До чрезвычайности унылая, длинная ночь!
ExampleEn: An exceedingly dismal, long night!”
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: успокоиться
Stressed: успоко́иться
Meaning: to calm down (v., pf.)
Example: Боль утихла тотчас же, и генерал успокоился.
ExampleEn: The pain subsided at once, and the general was at peace.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: хорошенький
Meaning: pretty, nice (adj., dim.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: глаз
Meaning: eye (n., m.)
Example: Это маленький, тощенький, но необыкновенно юркий и подвижной старикашка лет 65-ти, с вечно смеющимся лицом и пьяными глазами.
ExampleEn: He is a small, scrawny, but uncommonly nimble and lively old codger of about sixty-five, with an everlastingly laughing face and drunken eyes.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 22× in Dostoevsky

Russian: грудь
Meaning: chest, breast (n., f.)
Example: Запишите также, ваше благородие, что он меня два раза по зубам ударил и в груди.
ExampleEn: Write down too, your honour, that he struck me twice in the teeth and in the chest.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: сделаться
Meaning: to become; happen (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: остановиться
Stressed: останови́ться
Meaning: to stop, halt (v., pf.)
Example: Но вдруг лицо его поморщилось, глаза подкатились, дыхание остановилось… он отвел от глаз бинокль, нагнулся и…. апчхи!!!
ExampleEn: But suddenly his face puckered up, his eyes rolled, his breathing stopped… he lowered the opera glasses from his eyes, bent down, and…. atchoo!!!
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вопрос
Stressed: вопро́с
Meaning: question (n., m.)
Example: — Подойди поближе и отвечай на мои вопросы.
ExampleEn: — Step closer and answer my questions.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: оставаться
Stressed: остава́ться
Meaning: to remain, stay (v., impf.)
Example: Остаюсь твой внук Иван Жуков, милый дедушка приезжай».
ExampleEn: I remain your grandson Ivan Zhukov, dear grandfather do come.”
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: решиться
Stressed: реши́ться
Meaning: to resolve, dare (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: воспоминание
Stressed: воспомина́ние
Meaning: memory, recollection (noun)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: квартира
Stressed: кварти́ра
Meaning: apartment, lodgings (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: немножко
Stressed: немно́жко
Meaning: a little bit (adv.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: обратиться
Stressed: обрати́ться
Meaning: to turn to, address (v., pf.)
Example: — обратился генерал к следующему просителю.
ExampleEn: — the general turned to the next petitioner.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: давать
Stressed: дава́ть
Meaning: to give (v., impf.)
Example: Дают понюхать табаку и собакам.
ExampleEn: The dogs are given a sniff of the snuff too.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Dostoevsky

Russian: много
Stressed: мно́го
Meaning: much, many (adv.)
Example: Дома всё господские и лошадей много, а овец нету и собаки не злые.
ExampleEn: The houses are all gentlefolk's and there are lots of horses, but there are no sheep and the dogs are not vicious.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бледный
Stressed: бле́дный
Meaning: pale (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Dostoevsky

Russian: голос
Stressed: го́лос
Meaning: voice (n., m.)
Example: — спросил он плачущим голосом.
ExampleEn: he asked in a tearful voice.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 11× in Dostoevsky

Russian: стул
Meaning: chair (n., m.)
Seen: 6× in Dostoevsky

Russian: век
Meaning: century; age, lifetime (n., m.)
Example: Слава те господи, господин хороший, век свой прожили и не токмо что убивать, но и мыслей таких в голове не было…
ExampleEn: Glory be to God, good sir, we have lived out our lives and not only never killed anyone, we never so much as had such thoughts in our heads…
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: далеко
Stressed: далеко́
Meaning: far away (adv.)
Example: Костер горел жарко, с треском, освещая далеко кругом вспаханную землю.
ExampleEn: The bonfire burned hot and crackling, lighting up the ploughed earth far around.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: дурной
Stressed: дурно́й
Meaning: bad, foul (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: заснуть
Stressed: засну́ть
Meaning: to fall asleep (v., pf.)
Example: Хозяин выволок меня за волосья на двор и отчесал шпандырем за то, что я качал ихнего ребятенка в люльке и по нечаянности заснул.
ExampleEn: The master dragged me out into the yard by the hair and gave me a going-over with a strap because I was rocking their baby in its cradle and accidentally dropped off to sleep.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: красота
Stressed: красота́
Meaning: beauty (n., f.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: музыка
Stressed: му́зыка
Meaning: music (n.)
Example: Жена уроки музыки даёт, я портсигары приватно из дерева делаю.
ExampleEn: My wife gives music lessons, and I make cigarette cases privately out of wood.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: мучить
Stressed: му́чить
Meaning: to torment, torture (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: ответ
Stressed: отве́т
Meaning: answer, reply (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: послышаться
Meaning: to be heard (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: слабый
Meaning: weak (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: случаться
Meaning: to happen (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: страшно
Stressed: стра́шно
Meaning: terribly; it is frightening (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: тайна
Stressed: та́йна
Meaning: secret, mystery (n., fem.)
Example: — Если помнишь, во время тайной вечери Петр сказал Иисусу: «С тобою я готов и в темницу, и на смерть».
ExampleEn: “If you remember, at the Last Supper Peter said to Jesus: ‘With Thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.’
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: читатель
Stressed: чита́тель
Meaning: reader (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Dostoevsky

Russian: вскрикнуть
Stressed: вскри́кнуть
Meaning: to cry out (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: выходить
Meaning: to go out; turn out (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: умереть
Stressed: умере́ть
Meaning: to die (v., pf.)
Example: Когда же Пелагея умерла, сироту Ваньку спровадили в людскую кухню к деду, а из кухни в Москву к сапожнику Аляхину…
ExampleEn: But when Pelageya died, the orphan Vanka was packed off to the servants' kitchen to his grandfather, and from the kitchen to Moscow, to the shoemaker Alyakhin…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Dostoevsky

Russian: адрес
Stressed: а́дрес
Meaning: address (n., m.)
Example: Подумав немного, он умокнул перо и написал адрес:
ExampleEn: After thinking a little, he dipped his pen and wrote the address:
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бойкий
Stressed: бо́йкий
Meaning: lively, brisk (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: бросаться
Stressed: броса́ться
Meaning: to rush; throw oneself (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: выслушать
Stressed: вы́слушать
Meaning: to hear out (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: головка
Stressed: голо́вка
Meaning: small head, knob (n., f., dim.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: гореть
Meaning: to burn (v., impf.)
Example: Костер горел жарко, с треском, освещая далеко кругом вспаханную землю.
ExampleEn: The bonfire burned hot and crackling, lighting up the ploughed earth far around.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky

Russian: даром
Stressed: да́ром
Meaning: for free; in vain (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Dostoevsky