Title: Russian vocabulary — Ivan Turgenev in the original

Russian: отец
Stressed: оте́ц
Meaning: father (n., m.)
Example: Нету у меня ни отца, ни маменьки, только ты у меня один остался».
ExampleEn: I have neither father nor mummy, you are the only one I have left.”
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 72× in Turgenev

Russian: княгиня
Stressed: княги́ня
Meaning: princess (married) (noun)
Seen: 40× in Turgenev

Russian: матушка
Stressed: ма́тушка
Meaning: mother dear (n., f., arch.)
Seen: 41× in Turgenev

Russian: промолвить
Meaning: to utter, say (verb pf)
Seen: 23× in Turgenev

Russian: малевский
Stressed: мале́вский
Meaning: Malevsky (count in First Love)
Seen: 21× in Turgenev

Russian: мсьё
Meaning: monsieur (French address, indeclinable noun)
Seen: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: повторить
Stressed: повтори́ть
Meaning: to repeat (v., pf.)
Example: — повторил генерал, затопав ногами.
ExampleEn: — repeated the general, stamping his feet.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 17× in Turgenev

Russian: удалиться
Stressed: удали́ться
Meaning: to withdraw, depart (pf verb)
Seen: 11× in Turgenev

Russian: гостиная
Meaning: drawing room, living room (noun)
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: граф
Meaning: count (noble title, noun)
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: фант
Meaning: forfeit (parlor game) (noun)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: королева
Stressed: короле́ва
Meaning: queen (noun)
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

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: 36× in Turgenev

Russian: сад
Meaning: garden (n., m.)
Example: Приказчик вышел в сад и, подняв к небу глаза, стал припоминать фамилию акцизного:
ExampleEn: The clerk went out into the garden and, raising his eyes to the sky, set about recalling the excise officer’s surname:
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 24× in Turgenev

Russian: мгновение
Stressed: мгнове́ние
Meaning: moment, instant (noun)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: гусар
Stressed: гуса́р
Meaning: hussar, cavalryman (noun)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: помниться
Meaning: to be remembered; it seems (verb)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: флигелек
Stressed: флигелёк
Meaning: small annex, lodge (noun, dim.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: котенок
Stressed: котёнок
Meaning: kitten (n., m.)
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: нескучный
Meaning: Neskuchny (garden); not dull (adjective)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: встать
Meaning: to stand up, get up (verb)
Seen: 11× in Turgenev

Russian: возразить
Stressed: возрази́ть
Meaning: to object, retort (v., pf.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: приняться
Meaning: to set about, begin (v., pf.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: сперва
Stressed: сперва́
Meaning: at first (adv.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: флигель
Stressed: фли́гель
Meaning: outbuilding, annex, wing (n., masc.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: воскликнуть
Meaning: to exclaim (v., pf.)
Example: — воскликнул толстый, увидев тонкого.
ExampleEn: exclaimed the fat one, catching sight of the thin one.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: кадет
Stressed: каде́т
Meaning: cadet (noun)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: фонтан
Stressed: фонта́н
Meaning: fountain (noun)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: хлыст
Meaning: whip, riding crop (noun)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: однажды
Stressed: одна́жды
Meaning: once, one day (adv)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: играть
Stressed: игра́ть
Meaning: to play (v., impf.)
Seen: 15× in Turgenev

Russian: женский
Stressed: же́нский
Meaning: female, women's (adj)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: стих
Meaning: verse, line (noun)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: волос
Stressed: воло́с
Meaning: hair (n., m.)
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: 14× in Turgenev

Russian: отправиться
Meaning: to set off (v., pf.)
Seen: 14× in Turgenev

Russian: свобода
Stressed: свобо́да
Meaning: freedom (n., f.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: плохо
Stressed: пло́хо
Meaning: badly (adv)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: повернуться
Meaning: to turn around (verb, pf)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: раскрытый
Meaning: wide open (adj)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: прибавить
Stressed: приба́вить
Meaning: to add (v., pf.)
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: 16× in Turgenev

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: 40× in Turgenev

Russian: быстрый
Meaning: fast, quick (adjective)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: грусть
Meaning: sadness, melancholy (noun)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: чуть-чуть
Meaning: a tiny bit, barely (adverb)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: стул
Meaning: chair (n., m.)
Seen: 14× in Turgenev

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: 48× in Turgenev

Russian: берег
Stressed: бе́рег
Meaning: shore, bank (noun)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: билет
Stressed: биле́т
Meaning: ticket (noun)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: поклониться
Stressed: поклони́ться
Meaning: to bow (v., pf.)
Example: Тонкий пожал три пальца, поклонился всем туловищем и захихикал, как китаец: «хи-хи-хи».
ExampleEn: The thin one pressed three of his fingers, bowed with his whole torso, and tittered like a Chinaman: «hee-hee-hee».
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: темный
Stressed: тёмный
Meaning: dark (adj)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: вакханка
Meaning: bacchante (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: венок
Stressed: вено́к
Meaning: wreath, garland (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: взор
Meaning: gaze, look (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: госпожа
Stressed: госпожа́
Meaning: lady, mistress, Mrs. (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: гроза
Stressed: гроза́
Meaning: thunderstorm (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: наблюдать
Stressed: наблюда́ть
Meaning: to observe, watch (verb, impf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: насмешливый
Stressed: насме́шливый
Meaning: mocking, sarcastic (adjective)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: поскакать
Meaning: to gallop off (verb, pf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: ревновать
Meaning: to be jealous (verb impf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: тарелка
Meaning: plate (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: шпора
Meaning: spur (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: внезапно
Stressed: внеза́пно
Meaning: suddenly (adv.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: воображать
Meaning: to imagine (v., impf.)
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: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: дорожка
Stressed: доро́жка
Meaning: path (noun, dim.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: невольный
Meaning: involuntary (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: по-французски
Stressed: по-францу́зски
Meaning: in French (adv)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: протянуть
Meaning: to hold out, stretch out (v., pf.)
Example: Протянул один вальдшнеп, и выстрел по нем прозвучал в весеннем воздухе раскатисто и весело.
ExampleEn: A solitary woodcock came flighting over, and the shot fired at it rang out in the spring air, rolling and gay.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: трава
Meaning: grass (noun)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: умолкнуть
Meaning: to fall silent (verb, pf)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: забор
Stressed: забо́р
Meaning: fence (n., m.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: поднимать
Meaning: to raise, lift (v., impf.)
Example: — Нет, милый мой, поднимай повыше, — сказал толстый.
ExampleEn: — No, my dear fellow, aim higher than that, — said the fat one.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: указать
Stressed: указа́ть
Meaning: to point out (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: гость
Meaning: guest (n., m.)
Seen: 14× in Turgenev

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: 35× in Turgenev

Russian: белокурый
Stressed: белоку́рый
Meaning: fair-haired, blond (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ветерок
Stressed: ветеро́к
Meaning: light breeze (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: власть
Meaning: power, authority (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ворон
Stressed: воро́н
Meaning: raven (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: воспользоваться
Meaning: to take advantage of (verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: вредный
Stressed: вре́дный
Meaning: harmful (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: вспыхивать
Meaning: to flare up, blush (verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: высоко
Stressed: высоко́
Meaning: high, high up (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: галстух
Stressed: га́лстух
Meaning: necktie (noun, archaic form)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: дрожь
Meaning: shiver, trembling (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: дурачить
Stressed: дура́чить
Meaning: fool, make fool of (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: клубок
Stressed: клубо́к
Meaning: ball of yarn (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: крапива
Stressed: крапи́ва
Meaning: nettle (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: лента
Stressed: ле́нта
Meaning: ribbon (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ныть
Meaning: to ache; whine (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: оконница
Meaning: window frame (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: оранжерея
Meaning: greenhouse, orangery (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: отклонять
Meaning: to decline, reject (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: перемена
Stressed: переме́на
Meaning: change (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: пестрый
Meaning: motley, variegated (adj)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: песчаный
Meaning: sandy (adj)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: печаль
Stressed: печа́ль
Meaning: sadness, sorrow (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: побранить
Meaning: to scold a little (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: повториться
Meaning: to repeat itself (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: покинуть
Stressed: поки́нуть
Meaning: to leave, abandon (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: полосатый
Stressed: полоса́тый
Meaning: striped (adj)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: последний
Stressed: после́дний
Meaning: last (adj.)
Example: Самый последний мальчишка не станет тебе без грузила ловить.
ExampleEn: The lowliest little boy won’t fish for you without a sinker.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: поспеть
Meaning: to be in time (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: представлять
Stressed: представля́ть
Meaning: to represent; imagine (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: предчувствие
Stressed: предчу́вствие
Meaning: presentiment, foreboding (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: привычка
Stressed: привы́чка
Meaning: habit (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: приказный
Meaning: petty clerk (noun, hist.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: присесть
Meaning: to sit down; squat (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: пробежать
Meaning: to run past, run through (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: пролепетать
Meaning: to babble, murmur (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: раздаться
Meaning: to ring out, resound (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: раскрывать
Meaning: to open wide; reveal (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: резкий
Stressed: ре́зкий
Meaning: sharp, harsh (adj)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: роскошь
Stressed: ро́скошь
Meaning: luxury (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ружье
Stressed: ружье́
Meaning: gun, shotgun (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сабля
Stressed: са́бля
Meaning: saber (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сверху
Stressed: све́рху
Meaning: from above, on top (adv)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: связка
Meaning: bundle, skein (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: силиться
Meaning: to strain, try hard (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сиятельство
Meaning: Excellency, princely title (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сказываться
Meaning: to show itself, be felt (verb impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сознавать
Meaning: to realize, be aware (impf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: соседка
Stressed: сосе́дка
Meaning: neighbor (female) (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: соскочить
Meaning: to jump off (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сочинить
Stressed: сочини́ть
Meaning: to compose, make up (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: стиснуть
Meaning: to clench, squeeze (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сюртучок
Stressed: сюртучо́к
Meaning: little frock coat (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: твердить
Meaning: to repeat, keep saying (impf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: течение
Stressed: тече́ние
Meaning: flow, current; course (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: хитро
Stressed: хитро́
Meaning: slyly, cunningly (adverb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: чепец
Stressed: чепе́ц
Meaning: cap, bonnet (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: шепнуть
Meaning: to whisper (once) (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: штраф
Meaning: fine, forfeit, penalty (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: исчезнуть
Meaning: to disappear, vanish (v., pf.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: платье
Stressed: пла́тье
Meaning: dress; clothes (n., n.)
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: надеяться
Stressed: наде́яться
Meaning: to hope, rely on (v., impf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: заметить
Stressed: заме́тить
Meaning: to notice; remark (v., pf.)
Seen: 15× in Turgenev

Russian: вино
Stressed: вино́
Meaning: wine (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: волноваться
Meaning: to worry, be agitated (verb)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: куртка
Meaning: jacket (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: низкий
Meaning: low (adj)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: объяснение
Stressed: объясне́ние
Meaning: explanation (n., n.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: ощущать
Stressed: ощуща́ть
Meaning: to feel, sense (verb impf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: пожаловать
Stressed: пожа́ловать
Meaning: please, be so kind (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: поэма
Meaning: narrative poem (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: пробормотать
Meaning: to mutter (v., pf.)
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: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: проворно
Stressed: прово́рно
Meaning: nimbly, briskly (adv.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: сосед
Meaning: neighbor (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: усмешка
Stressed: усме́шка
Meaning: smirk, grin (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: мгновенье
Stressed: мгнове́нье
Meaning: instant, moment (n.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: молния
Stressed: мо́лния
Meaning: lightning (n., f.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: нравиться
Meaning: to please, be liked (verb impf)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: охотно
Stressed: охо́тно
Meaning: willingly, gladly (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: спокойный
Stressed: споко́йный
Meaning: calm, quiet, peaceful (adj.)
Example: Студент пожелал вдовам спокойной ночи и пошел дальше.
ExampleEn: The student wished the widows good night and walked on.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: шептать
Stressed: шепта́ть
Meaning: to whisper (v., impf.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

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: 17× in Turgenev

Russian: губа
Meaning: lip (n., f.)
Example: Иван Евсеич поднял глаза к потолку и зашевелил губами.
ExampleEn: Ivan Yevseich raised his eyes to the ceiling and began working his lips.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: гулять
Stressed: гуля́ть
Meaning: to stroll, take a walk (verb)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: дерево
Meaning: tree; wood (n., neut.)
Example: Ночь темна, но видно всю деревню с ее белыми крышами и струйками дыма, идущими из труб, деревья, посребренные инеем, сугробы.
ExampleEn: The night is dark, but one can see the whole village with its white roofs and the little threads of smoke rising from the chimneys, the trees silvered with hoarfrost, the snowdrifts.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: колено
Stressed: коле́но
Meaning: knee (n., n.)
Example: Бумага лежала на скамье, а сам он стоял перед скамьей на коленях.
ExampleEn: The paper lay on a bench, and he himself knelt on the floor before the bench.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: молча
Stressed: мо́лча
Meaning: silently, without speaking (adverb)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: прежний
Stressed: пре́жний
Meaning: former, previous (adj.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: комната
Stressed: ко́мната
Meaning: room (n., f.)
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: 22× in Turgenev

Russian: медленно
Stressed: ме́дленно
Meaning: slowly (adv.)
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: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: начаться
Meaning: to begin, start (verb, pf)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: красивый
Stressed: краси́вый
Meaning: beautiful (adj.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: прочесть
Stressed: проче́сть
Meaning: to read (v., pf.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: увидать
Meaning: to see, catch sight (pf verb)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: авантюрьерка
Stressed: авантюрье́рка
Meaning: adventuress, schemer (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: аллея
Meaning: avenue, tree-lined path (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: английский
Stressed: англи́йский
Meaning: English (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: барчук
Stressed: барчу́к
Meaning: young master, lordling (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: безмолвно
Stressed: безмо́лвно
Meaning: silently, wordlessly (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: белеть
Meaning: to show white (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ботинок
Stressed: боти́нок
Meaning: ankle boot (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: брякнуть
Meaning: to clang, blurt out (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: будущность
Stressed: бу́дущность
Meaning: future, what lies ahead (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: бывший
Meaning: former (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: важность
Stressed: ва́жность
Meaning: importance, gravity (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вежливо
Stressed: ве́жливо
Meaning: politely (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вексель
Stressed: ве́ксель
Meaning: promissory note (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ветка
Meaning: branch, twig (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ветхий
Meaning: decrepit, dilapidated (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: взаймы
Stressed: взаймы́
Meaning: on loan (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: видимо
Stressed: ви́димо
Meaning: evidently, apparently (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: виднеться
Meaning: to be visible (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: видывать
Meaning: to see occasionally (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: возникать
Meaning: to arise, emerge (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: воск
Meaning: wax (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: воспитанный
Meaning: well-bred, well-mannered (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: впиться
Meaning: to fasten onto, pierce (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вынуться
Meaning: to come out, be drawn (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: выпрямиться
Meaning: to straighten up (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вышина
Meaning: height (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: гимн
Meaning: hymn, anthem (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: глянуть
Meaning: to glance (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: гувернер
Stressed: гувернёр
Meaning: private tutor (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: дворецкий
Stressed: дворе́цкий
Meaning: butler (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: дивиться
Meaning: to marvel, wonder at (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: долина
Meaning: valley (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: дядька
Stressed: дя́дька
Meaning: old manservant, tutor (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ерзать
Meaning: fidget (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ждать
Meaning: to wait, wait for (v., impf.)
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: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: занавеска
Meaning: window curtain (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: запинка
Meaning: hesitation, stammer (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: звучать
Meaning: sound, resound (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: зинаидин
Stressed: зинаи́дин
Meaning: Zinaida's (possessive adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: зонтик
Stressed: зо́нтик
Meaning: umbrella, parasol (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: иверский
Meaning: Iverskaya (Moscow shrine) (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: изнывать
Meaning: to languish, pine (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: изящно
Stressed: изя́щно
Meaning: elegantly, gracefully (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: исполнение
Stressed: исполне́ние
Meaning: fulfillment, execution (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: капитан
Stressed: капита́н
Meaning: captain (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: каприз
Stressed: капри́з
Meaning: caprice, whim (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: каркать
Meaning: to caw (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: клепер
Meaning: klepper (small horse breed) (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: князь
Meaning: prince (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: колечко
Stressed: коле́чко
Meaning: little ring (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: кончина
Meaning: death, demise (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: краснеть
Meaning: to blush, redden (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: крошечный
Meaning: tiny, minute (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: курчавый
Stressed: курча́вый
Meaning: curly-haired (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лед
Meaning: ice (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лесть
Meaning: flattery (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лукаво
Stressed: лука́во
Meaning: slyly (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: малина
Meaning: raspberry (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: молодец
Stressed: молоде́ц
Meaning: fine fellow, good lad (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: молоко
Meaning: milk (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: москва-река
Meaning: Moskva River (proper noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: набок
Stressed: на́бок
Meaning: to one side, askew (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: накинуть
Meaning: to throw on (garment) (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: наклонить
Meaning: to bend, incline (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: наклониться
Meaning: to bend down, lean over (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: намекать
Meaning: to hint (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: напомадиться
Meaning: to pomade one's hair (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: напряженно
Stressed: напряжённо
Meaning: tensely, intently (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: нахмурить
Meaning: to knit one's brows (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: небрежно
Stressed: небре́жно
Meaning: carelessly, casually (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: незабвенный
Stressed: незабве́нный
Meaning: unforgettable (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: независимость
Stressed: незави́симость
Meaning: independence (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: неопрятный
Meaning: untidy, slovenly (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: несправедливо
Stressed: несправедли́во
Meaning: unjustly, unfairly (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обнаженный
Meaning: bare, naked (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обняться
Meaning: to embrace each other (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обожание
Meaning: adoration (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обрадоваться
Stressed: обра́доваться
Meaning: to rejoice, be glad (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обращать
Meaning: to turn, direct (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обязанный
Meaning: obliged, indebted (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: огненный
Meaning: fiery (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: оказать
Stressed: оказа́ть
Meaning: to render, show (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: окончательно
Stressed: оконча́тельно
Meaning: finally, definitively (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: окружать
Meaning: to surround (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: окружить
Meaning: to surround (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: определенный
Meaning: definite, certain (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: очертание
Meaning: outline, contour (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: паж
Meaning: page boy, attendant (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: перебегать
Meaning: to run across (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: перебирать
Stressed: перебира́ть
Meaning: to sort through, finger (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: передник
Meaning: apron (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: перешагнуть
Stressed: перешагну́ть
Meaning: to step over (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: плеск
Meaning: splash, lapping (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: повелительный
Stressed: повели́тельный
Meaning: imperious, commanding (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: подобрать
Stressed: подобра́ть
Meaning: to pick up (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: покатиться
Meaning: to start rolling (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: поклонник
Meaning: admirer (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: поласкать
Meaning: to caress a while (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: поочередно
Stressed: поочерёдно
Meaning: in turn, one after another (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: попытаться
Meaning: to attempt (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: порог
Stressed: поро́г
Meaning: threshold (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: поселиться
Stressed: посели́ться
Meaning: to settle, take residence (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: посещение
Stressed: посеще́ние
Meaning: visit (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: послушаться
Stressed: послу́шаться
Meaning: to obey, listen to (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: потешаться
Meaning: to mock, make fun (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: почиститься
Meaning: to clean oneself up (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: почудиться
Meaning: to seem, appear (to one) (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: преданность
Stressed: пре́данность
Meaning: devotion, loyalty (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: прелесть
Stressed: пре́лесть
Meaning: charm, delight (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: развалина
Meaning: ruin (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: разрешиться
Meaning: to resolve itself (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: рассмеяться
Meaning: to burst out laughing (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: расхаживать
Stressed: расха́живать
Meaning: to pace about (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: романтизм
Meaning: Romanticism (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сажень
Meaning: sazhen, old measure ~2.1m (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: самовластный
Meaning: imperious, autocratic (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сдержанный
Meaning: restrained, reserved (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: скрестить
Meaning: to cross arms, legs (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: смелый
Meaning: bold, daring (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сожалеть
Meaning: to regret, feel sorry (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: спускать
Meaning: to lower, let down (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сряду
Stressed: сря́ду
Meaning: in a row (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: стан
Meaning: figure, waist (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: статься
Meaning: to happen, become of (pf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: стихотворение
Stressed: стихотворе́ние
Meaning: poem (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: стора
Meaning: window blind (obsolete noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: стукать
Stressed: сту́кать
Meaning: to knock, thump (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: счастливец
Meaning: lucky man (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: таинственно
Stressed: таи́нственно
Meaning: mysteriously (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: теряться
Meaning: to be at a loss (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: тонкошеий
Meaning: thin-necked (adj/noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: травка
Stressed: тра́вка
Meaning: grass (diminutive noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: тяготиться
Meaning: to be burdened by (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: убийца
Stressed: уби́йца
Meaning: murderer (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: усики
Stressed: у́сики
Meaning: small mustache (noun, diminutive)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: участь
Stressed: у́часть
Meaning: fate, lot (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: факел
Meaning: torch (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: фыркать
Meaning: to snort (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: хлопнуть
Meaning: to slam, bang, clap (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: холм
Meaning: hill (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: холодок
Stressed: холодо́к
Meaning: slight chill, coolness (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: холостяк
Meaning: bachelor (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: хохот
Stressed: хо́хот
Meaning: loud laughter, guffaw (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: цыганский
Stressed: цыга́нский
Meaning: gypsy (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: шейка
Meaning: little neck (noun, diminutive)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: шея
Stressed: ше́я
Meaning: neck (n., f.)
Example: Он увидел, что старичок, сидевший впереди него, в первом ряду кресел, старательно вытирал свою лысину и шею перчаткой и бормотал что-то.
ExampleEn: He saw that a little old man sitting in front of him, in the first row of the stalls, was carefully wiping his bald head and neck with his glove and muttering something.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: эпиграмма
Meaning: epigram (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ямб
Meaning: iamb (verse meter) (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: возможность
Stressed: возмо́жность
Meaning: possibility, opportunity (n., f.)
Example: Милый дедушка, сделай божецкую милость, возьми меня отсюда домой, на деревню, нету никакой моей возможности…
ExampleEn: Dear grandfather, do me the godly kindness, take me away from here, home to the village, there is no bearing it any longer…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: край
Meaning: edge; region (n., m.)
Example: Приказчик стоял на краю дороги и, глядя сосредоточенно себе под ноги, о чём-то думал.
ExampleEn: The clerk was standing at the edge of the road, gazing intently at his own feet, thinking about something.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: ласково
Stressed: ла́сково
Meaning: tenderly, affectionately (adv)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: приблизиться
Stressed: прибли́зиться
Meaning: to approach, draw near (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

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: 31× in Turgenev

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: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: обед
Stressed: обе́д
Meaning: dinner (n., m.)
Example: Утром дают хлеба, в обед каши и к вечеру тоже хлеба, а чтоб чаю или щей, то хозяева сами трескают.
ExampleEn: In the morning they give bread, at dinner porridge, and in the evening bread again, but as for tea or cabbage soup, the master and mistress gobble that up themselves.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: шляпа
Stressed: шля́па
Meaning: hat (n., f.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: выражение
Stressed: выраже́ние
Meaning: expression (n., n.)
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: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: доктор
Stressed: до́ктор
Meaning: doctor (n., m.)
Example: Утром генерал опять послал за доктором.
ExampleEn: In the morning the general sent for the doctor again.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: кровь
Meaning: blood (n.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: напрасно
Stressed: напра́сно
Meaning: in vain (adverb)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: постоять
Meaning: to stand a while; stand up for (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: присутствие
Stressed: прису́тствие
Meaning: presence; government office (n., n.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: удар
Stressed: уда́р
Meaning: blow, stroke (noun)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: холодно
Stressed: хо́лодно
Meaning: coldly; it is cold (adv.)
Example: — Значит, и тогда было холодно.
ExampleEn: “So it was cold then too.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

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: 19× in Turgenev

Russian: взглядывать
Meaning: to glance repeatedly (verb)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: горничная
Stressed: го́рничная
Meaning: housemaid (n., f.)
Example: Он всплескивает руками, пожимается от холода и, старчески хихикая, щиплет то горничную, то кухарку.
ExampleEn: He flings up his hands, hugs himself against the cold and, with an old man's snigger, pinches now the housemaid, now the cook.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: злой
Meaning: angry, wicked, vicious (adj.)
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: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: конь
Meaning: horse, steed (n.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: мягкий
Stressed: мя́гкий
Meaning: soft (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: неотразимый
Stressed: неотрази́мый
Meaning: irresistible (adjective)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: носиться
Stressed: носи́ться
Meaning: to rush about, dash (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: опереться
Meaning: to lean on (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: позвать
Stressed: позва́ть
Meaning: to call, summon (v., pf.)
Example: Немного погодя его позвали к господам.
ExampleEn: A little while later he was called in to the masters.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: поэт
Stressed: поэ́т
Meaning: poet (noun)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: появиться
Meaning: to appear, show up (verb pf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: прелестный
Meaning: charming, lovely (adj)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: привыкнуть
Stressed: привы́кнуть
Meaning: to get used to (verb pf)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: слуга
Stressed: слуга́
Meaning: servant (n., m.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: сюртук
Stressed: сюрту́к
Meaning: frock coat (n.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

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: 39× in Turgenev

Russian: верхом
Stressed: верхо́м
Meaning: on horseback (adv.)
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: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ворчать
Stressed: ворча́ть
Meaning: to grumble (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: доложить
Stressed: доложи́ть
Meaning: to report, announce (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: жаловаться
Stressed: жа́ловаться
Meaning: complain (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: заняться
Meaning: to take up, busy oneself (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: застава
Meaning: town gate, outpost (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: исчезать
Meaning: to disappear (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ключ
Meaning: key (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: кудри
Stressed: ку́дри
Meaning: curls (noun, plural)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: локоть
Stressed: ло́коть
Meaning: elbow (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: мрак
Meaning: darkness, gloom (n., m.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: направо
Stressed: напра́во
Meaning: to the right (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: небывалый
Meaning: unprecedented, fantastic (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: немой
Stressed: немо́й
Meaning: mute, silent (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: обращение
Stressed: обраще́ние
Meaning: manner, treatment; address (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: обычный
Meaning: usual, ordinary (adj)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: платочек
Meaning: small handkerchief (n., m., dim.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: повод
Stressed: по́вод
Meaning: rein (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: поворачиваться
Meaning: to turn (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: подробность
Stressed: подро́бность
Meaning: detail (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: покровительство
Stressed: покрови́тельство
Meaning: patronage, protection (n., n.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: прошептать
Meaning: to whisper (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: прыгать
Stressed: пры́гать
Meaning: to jump, hop (v., impf.)
Example: Очумелов глядит в сторону и видит: из дровяного склада купца Пичугина, прыгая на трёх ногах и оглядываясь, бежит собака.
ExampleEn: Ochumelov glances aside and sees: out of the timber yard of Pichugin the merchant, hopping on three legs and looking back as she goes, runs a dog.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сверкнуть
Meaning: to flash, gleam (verb pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: собственно
Stressed: со́бственно
Meaning: strictly speaking, actually (adv)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: соломенный
Meaning: straw, made of straw (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: состав
Stressed: соста́в
Meaning: composition; staff (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: строго
Stressed: стро́го
Meaning: strictly, sternly (adv.)
Example: — говорит Очумелов строго, кашляя и шевеля бровями.
ExampleEn: says Ochumelov sternly, coughing and working his eyebrows.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: таскаться
Stressed: таска́ться
Meaning: to hang about (v., impf., colloq.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: торопливо
Stressed: торопли́во
Meaning: hurriedly (adv)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: шевелиться
Meaning: to stir, move (verb, impf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: холодный
Stressed: холо́дный
Meaning: cold (adj.)
Example: Но когда стемнело в лесу, некстати подул с востока холодный пронизывающий ветер, всё смолкло.
ExampleEn: But when it grew dark in the forest, a cold, piercing wind blew up out of the east, quite out of season, and everything fell silent.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: показаться
Stressed: показа́ться
Meaning: to seem; appear (v., pf.)
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: легкий
Stressed: лёгкий
Meaning: light, easy (adj.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: почувствовать
Stressed: почу́вствовать
Meaning: to feel, sense (v., pf.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: серый
Stressed: се́рый
Meaning: gray (adj.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: беспрестанно
Stressed: беспреста́нно
Meaning: incessantly (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: бродить
Stressed: броди́ть
Meaning: to wander, roam (verb)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: зеленый
Stressed: зеле́ный
Meaning: green (adj.)
Example: Милый дедушка, а когда у господ будет елка с гостинцами, возьми мне золоченный орех и в зеленый сундучок спрячь.
ExampleEn: Dear grandfather, and when the gentlefolk have their Christmas tree with presents on it, get me a gilded walnut and hide it in the little green chest.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: золото
Stressed: зо́лото
Meaning: gold (n.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: игра
Stressed: игра́
Meaning: game, play (n.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: мучить
Stressed: му́чить
Meaning: to torment, torture (verb, impf)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: обернуться
Meaning: to turn around (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: поцелуй
Stressed: поцелу́й
Meaning: kiss (noun)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: соседний
Stressed: сосе́дний
Meaning: neighboring, adjacent (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: убить
Stressed: уби́ть
Meaning: to kill (v., pf.)
Example: Не догляди сторож, так ведь поезд мог бы сойти с рельсов, людей бы убило!
ExampleEn: If the watchman hadn’t noticed, the train might have gone off the rails, people would have been killed!
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: красный
Meaning: red (adj.)
Example: — Это вы про ту гайку, что под красным сундучком лежала?
ExampleEn: — Would that be the nut that was lying under the little red trunk?
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

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

Russian: ум
Meaning: mind, intellect (n., m.)
Example: Сказано — мужик, мужицкий и ум…
ExampleEn: As the saying goes — a peasant, and a peasant's wits…
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: окно
Stressed: окно́
Meaning: window (n., n.)
Example: Теперь, наверно, дед стоит у ворот, щурит глаза на ярко-красные окна деревенской церкви и, притопывая валенками, балагурит с дворней.
ExampleEn: Just now, most likely, grandfather is standing at the gates, screwing up his eyes at the bright red windows of the village church and, stamping his felt boots, cracking jokes with the household servants.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: странный
Stressed: стра́нный
Meaning: strange, odd (adj.)
Seen: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: движение
Stressed: движе́ние
Meaning: movement, motion (n., n.)
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: больно
Stressed: бо́льно
Meaning: painfully; very (adv.)
Example: Мне продают наши мужички овёс, да уж больно плохой…
ExampleEn: Our peasants do sell me oats, but it’s dreadfully poor stuff…”
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: изредка
Stressed: и́зредка
Meaning: occasionally, now and then (adv.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: работать
Stressed: рабо́тать
Meaning: to work (v., impf.)
Example: Вы меня извините, я человек, который работающий…
ExampleEn: You’ll excuse me, but I’m a man who is a working man…
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: также
Stressed: та́кже
Meaning: also, too (adv.)
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 Turgenev

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: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: остаться
Stressed: оста́ться
Meaning: to remain (v., pf.)
Example: Нету у меня ни отца, ни маменьки, только ты у меня один остался».
ExampleEn: I have neither father nor mummy, you are the only one I have left.”
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: мальчик
Stressed: ма́льчик
Meaning: boy (n.)
Example: Ванька Жуков, девятилетний мальчик, отданный три месяца тому назад в ученье к сапожнику Аляхину, в ночь под Рождество не ложился спать.
ExampleEn: Vanka Zhukov, a nine-year-old boy who had been apprenticed three months ago to the shoemaker Alyakhin, did not go to bed on Christmas Eve.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: лошадь
Stressed: ло́шадь
Meaning: horse (n., f.)
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: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: шаг
Meaning: step (n., m.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: надеть
Stressed: наде́ть
Meaning: to put on (clothing) (v., pf.)
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: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: приятно
Stressed: прия́тно
Meaning: pleasantly; it is pleasant (adv.)
Example: Все трое были приятно ошеломлены.
ExampleEn: All three were agreeably astounded.
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

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: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: дышать
Meaning: to breathe (v., impf.)
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: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: нежность
Stressed: не́жность
Meaning: tenderness (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: принадлежать
Stressed: принадлежа́ть
Meaning: to belong (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: речь
Meaning: speech, talk (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: удержаться
Stressed: удержа́ться
Meaning: to restrain oneself (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: шерсть
Meaning: wool (n.)
Example: Ни шерсти, ни вида… подлость одна только…
ExampleEn: No coat, no looks about it… nothing but low breeding…
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: вернуться
Stressed: верну́ться
Meaning: to return, come back (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: девушка
Stressed: де́вушка
Meaning: girl, young woman (n., f.)
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: влюбленный
Stressed: влюблённый
Meaning: in love, enamored (adjective)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: накануне
Stressed: накану́не
Meaning: the day before, on the eve (adv.)
Example: Ванька свернул вчетверо исписанный лист и вложил его в конверт, купленный накануне за копейку…
ExampleEn: Vanka folded the covered sheet in four and put it into an envelope bought the day before for a kopeck…
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: розовый
Stressed: ро́зовый
Meaning: pink, rosy (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: светлый
Stressed: све́тлый
Meaning: bright, light (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: сладко
Stressed: сла́дко
Meaning: sweetly (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: следующий
Stressed: сле́дующий
Meaning: next, following (adj.)
Example: — обратился генерал к следующему просителю.
ExampleEn: — the general turned to the next petitioner.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: страсть
Meaning: passion (n., fem.)
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 Turgenev

Russian: почти
Stressed: почти́
Meaning: almost (adv.)
Seen: 14× in Turgenev

Russian: утро
Stressed: у́тро
Meaning: morning (n., neut.)
Example: Утром дают хлеба, в обед каши и к вечеру тоже хлеба, а чтоб чаю или щей, то хозяева сами трескают.
ExampleEn: In the morning they give bread, at dinner porridge, and in the evening bread again, but as for tea or cabbage soup, the master and mistress gobble that up themselves.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 11× in Turgenev

Russian: уйти
Stressed: уйти́
Meaning: to leave, go away (v., pf.)
Seen: 10× in Turgenev

Russian: дача
Stressed: да́ча
Meaning: country house, dacha (n., f.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: ухо
Stressed: у́хо
Meaning: ear (n., neut.)
Example: Червяков кашлянул, подался туловищем вперед и зашептал генералу на ухо:
ExampleEn: Chervyakov cleared his throat, leaned his torso forward, and whispered into the general's ear:
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: нога
Meaning: leg, foot (n., f.)
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: 16× in Turgenev

Russian: прекрасный
Stressed: прекра́сный
Meaning: beautiful, fine (adj.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: увидеть
Stressed: уви́деть
Meaning: to see, catch sight of (v., pf.)
Example: Он увидел, что старичок, сидевший впереди него, в первом ряду кресел, старательно вытирал свою лысину и шею перчаткой и бормотал что-то.
ExampleEn: He saw that a little old man sitting in front of him, in the first row of the stalls, was carefully wiping his bald head and neck with his glove and muttering something.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 15× in Turgenev

Russian: длинный
Stressed: дли́нный
Meaning: long (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: 10× in Turgenev

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: 20× in Turgenev

Russian: звук
Meaning: sound (n., m.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: подняться
Meaning: to rise, go up (v., pf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: становиться
Stressed: станови́ться
Meaning: to become (v., impf.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

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: 6× in Turgenev

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: 13× in Turgenev

Russian: браниться
Stressed: брани́ться
Meaning: to scold, quarrel (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: бревно
Stressed: бревно́
Meaning: log (n., neut.)
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: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: ездить
Stressed: е́здить
Meaning: to ride, drive around (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: надоесть
Meaning: to bore, weary (verb, pf)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: неприятный
Meaning: unpleasant (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: приподнять
Meaning: to lift slightly (v., pf.)
Example: Денис перестаёт мигать и, приподняв свои густые брови, вопросительно глядит на чиновника.
ExampleEn: Denis stops blinking and, raising his thick eyebrows, looks questioningly at the official.
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: приподняться
Meaning: to raise oneself slightly (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сбоку
Stressed: сбо́ку
Meaning: from the side (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: сознание
Meaning: consciousness, awareness (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: убежать
Stressed: убежа́ть
Meaning: to run away (pf verb)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: университет
Stressed: университе́т
Meaning: university (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: усталость
Stressed: уста́лость
Meaning: tiredness, fatigue (noun)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: устремить
Meaning: to direct, fix (gaze) (v., pf.)
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: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: чудиться
Meaning: to seem, appear (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: улыбнуться
Stressed: улыбну́ться
Meaning: to smile (v., pf.)
Example: Червяков сконфузился, глупо улыбнулся и начал глядеть на сцену.
ExampleEn: Chervyakov grew embarrassed, smiled foolishly, and began to look at the stage.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: пол
Meaning: floor; sex, gender (n., m.)
Example: Перебрали все возрасты, полы и породы лошадей, вспомнили гриву, копыта, сбрую…
ExampleEn: They went through every age, sex and breed of horse; they called to mind the mane, the hooves, the harness…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: богатый
Stressed: бога́тый
Meaning: rich (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: лечь
Meaning: to lie down (v., pf.)
Example: Так и спать легли, не послав телеграммы.
ExampleEn: And so they went to bed without having sent the telegram.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: расстаться
Stressed: расста́ться
Meaning: to part, separate (verb pf)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: тяжело
Stressed: тяжело́
Meaning: heavily; with difficulty (adv.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: вспоминать
Stressed: вспомина́ть
Meaning: to remember, recall (verb)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: входить
Stressed: входи́ть
Meaning: to enter (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: достать
Stressed: доста́ть
Meaning: to get, obtain (v., pf.)
Example: — Нешто она достанет до пальца?
ExampleEn: “Could she even reach as high as your finger?
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: знак
Meaning: sign, mark (n.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: навсегда
Stressed: навсегда́
Meaning: forever (adv.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: осторожно
Stressed: осторо́жно
Meaning: carefully, cautiously (adv.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

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

Russian: стройный
Stressed: стро́йный
Meaning: slender, shapely (adj.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: тихий
Stressed: ти́хий
Meaning: quiet, soft (adj.)
Example: Погода вначале была хорошая, тихая.
ExampleEn: At first the weather was fine and still.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: белый
Stressed: бе́лый
Meaning: white (adj.)
Example: Ночь темна, но видно всю деревню с ее белыми крышами и струйками дыма, идущими из труб, деревья, посребренные инеем, сугробы.
ExampleEn: The night is dark, but one can see the whole village with its white roofs and the little threads of smoke rising from the chimneys, the trees silvered with hoarfrost, the snowdrifts.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 12× in Turgenev

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: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: поднять
Stressed: подня́ть
Meaning: to raise, lift (v., pf.)
Example: Иван Евсеич поднял глаза к потолку и зашевелил губами.
ExampleEn: Ivan Yevseich raised his eyes to the ceiling and began working his lips.
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: вести
Stressed: вести́
Meaning: to lead (v., impf.)
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: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: бледный
Stressed: бле́дный
Meaning: pale (adj.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: мысль
Meaning: thought (n., f.)
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: 12× in Turgenev

Russian: атмосфера
Stressed: атмосфе́ра
Meaning: atmosphere (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: барский
Meaning: lordly, manorial (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: бедность
Stressed: бе́дность
Meaning: poverty (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: береза
Meaning: birch tree (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: бульвар
Stressed: бульва́р
Meaning: boulevard (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: владеть
Stressed: владе́ть
Meaning: to possess, own (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: влечь
Meaning: to draw, attract (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: влияние
Stressed: влия́ние
Meaning: influence (n., n.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: воля
Stressed: во́ля
Meaning: will, freedom (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: ворона
Meaning: crow (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: воспитание
Stressed: воспита́ние
Meaning: upbringing, education (n., neut.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: всадник
Stressed: вса́дник
Meaning: horseman, rider (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вырваться
Meaning: to break free, escape (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: вырезать
Meaning: to cut out, carve (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: глубоко
Stressed: глубоко́
Meaning: deeply (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: горячо
Stressed: горячо́
Meaning: hotly, fervently (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: дерзкий
Meaning: impudent, insolent (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: дешевый
Meaning: cheap (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: догнать
Stressed: догна́ть
Meaning: to catch up with (verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: жечь
Meaning: burn (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: забавно
Stressed: заба́вно
Meaning: amusingly; it's amusing (adv/pred)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: забота
Stressed: забо́та
Meaning: care, worry (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: загадочно
Stressed: зага́дочно
Meaning: mysteriously, enigmatically (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: замереть
Meaning: freeze, stand still (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: засаленный
Meaning: greasy, soiled (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: звон
Meaning: ringing, chime (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: здешний
Meaning: local, of this place (adj.)
Example: Слышались мужские голоса; это здешние работники на реке поили лошадей.
ExampleEn: Men's voices could be heard; these were the labourers from hereabouts, watering their horses at the river.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: камень
Meaning: stone (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: кончик
Stressed: ко́нчик
Meaning: tip, end (n.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: копыто
Meaning: hoof (n., n.)
Example: Перебрали все возрасты, полы и породы лошадей, вспомнили гриву, копыта, сбрую…
ExampleEn: They went through every age, sex and breed of horse; they called to mind the mane, the hooves, the harness…
Source: Лошадиная фамилия, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: коротко
Stressed: ко́ротко
Meaning: shortly, briefly (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лапка
Meaning: little paw (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лишком
Stressed: ли́шком
Meaning: (с лишком) more than, odd (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: лукавый
Meaning: sly, cunning (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: машинально
Stressed: машина́льно
Meaning: mechanically, absently (adv.)
Example: Придя машинально домой, не снимая вицмундира, он лег на диван и… помер.
ExampleEn: Arriving home mechanically, without taking off his uniform coat, he lay down on the sofa and… died.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: мягко
Stressed: мя́гко
Meaning: softly, gently (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: напоминать
Meaning: to remind (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: нараспев
Stressed: нараспе́в
Meaning: in a singsong voice (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: невинный
Stressed: неви́нный
Meaning: innocent (adjective)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: некрасивый
Meaning: plain, unattractive (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: неожиданно
Stressed: неожи́данно
Meaning: unexpectedly (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обещание
Stressed: обеща́ние
Meaning: promise (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: облить
Meaning: to pour over, drench (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обожать
Stressed: обожа́ть
Meaning: to adore (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: обои
Meaning: wallpaper (plural noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: отставать
Meaning: to lag behind (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: отсутствие
Stressed: отсу́тствие
Meaning: absence (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: парус
Stressed: па́рус
Meaning: sail (n., m.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: песня
Stressed: пе́сня
Meaning: song (n., f.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: плыть
Meaning: to swim, float (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: повернуть
Stressed: поверну́ть
Meaning: to turn (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: повести
Stressed: по́вести
Meaning: to lead, take (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: подушка
Meaning: pillow (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: поравняться
Meaning: to draw level with (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: почему-то
Stressed: почему́-то
Meaning: for some reason (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: почтительно
Stressed: почти́тельно
Meaning: respectfully, deferentially (adv)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: промолчать
Stressed: промолча́ть
Meaning: to keep silent (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: пропустить
Meaning: to let pass; miss (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: прощальный
Stressed: проща́льный
Meaning: farewell, parting (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: робеть
Stressed: робе́ть
Meaning: to be timid, quail (verb impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: романтический
Meaning: romantic (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: самоуверенный
Stressed: самоуве́ренный
Meaning: self-confident, assured (adj)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сбыться
Stressed: сбы́ться
Meaning: to come true (verb pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: смутно
Stressed: сму́тно
Meaning: vaguely, dimly (adv.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: смущать
Stressed: смуща́ть
Meaning: to embarrass, disturb (v., impf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: солнечный
Stressed: со́лнечный
Meaning: sunny, solar (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сравнение
Stressed: сравне́ние
Meaning: comparison (n., neut.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: страдание
Meaning: suffering (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сцена
Meaning: stage; scene (n.)
Example: Червяков сконфузился, глупо улыбнулся и начал глядеть на сцену.
ExampleEn: Chervyakov grew embarrassed, smiled foolishly, and began to look at the stage.
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: сюжет
Meaning: plot, subject (n.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: таять
Meaning: to melt (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: тесный
Meaning: tight, cramped (adj.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: тетрадка
Meaning: notebook, exercise book (n., fem.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: толкнуть
Meaning: to push, shove (v., pf.)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: толпиться
Meaning: to crowd, throng (impf verb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: узнавать
Meaning: to recognize; to find out (v., impf.)
Example: В этом человеке Очумелов узнаёт золотых дел мастера Хрюкина.
ExampleEn: In this man Ochumelov recognizes Khryukin the goldsmith.
Source: Хамелеон, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: украдкой
Stressed: укра́дкой
Meaning: stealthily, furtively (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: умно
Stressed: умно́
Meaning: cleverly, wisely (adverb)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: унести
Meaning: to carry away (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: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: уныние
Stressed: уны́ние
Meaning: despondency, gloom (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: уткнуть
Stressed: уткну́ть
Meaning: to bury, thrust (face) (verb, pf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: шорох
Stressed: шо́рох
Meaning: rustle, rustling sound (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: шутить
Meaning: to joke (verb, impf)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: экзамен
Stressed: экза́мен
Meaning: examination, exam (noun)
Seen: 2× in Turgenev

Russian: глубокий
Meaning: deep (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: задуматься
Meaning: to fall into thought (v., pf.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: происходить
Meaning: to happen; originate (v., impf.)
Example: — А отчего, по-твоему, происходят крушения поездов?
ExampleEn: — And what, in your opinion, causes train wrecks?
Source: Злоумышленник, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: свежий
Stressed: све́жий
Meaning: fresh (adj.)
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

Russian: смерть
Meaning: death (n., f.)
Example: Дедушка милый, нету никакой возможности, просто смерть одна.
ExampleEn: Dear grandfather, there is no bearing it, it is simply death.
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 5× in Turgenev

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: 9× in Turgenev

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 Turgenev

Russian: черный
Stressed: чёрный
Meaning: black (adj.)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: книга
Stressed: кни́га
Meaning: book (n., f.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: лоб
Meaning: forehead (n., m.)
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: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: невольно
Stressed: нево́льно
Meaning: involuntarily (adv.)
Seen: 6× in Turgenev

Russian: немного
Stressed: немно́го
Meaning: a little, somewhat (adv.)
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: 11× in Turgenev

Russian: сердце
Stressed: се́рдце
Meaning: heart (n., n.)
Seen: 17× in Turgenev

Russian: держаться
Stressed: держа́ться
Meaning: to hold on; behave (v., impf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: молодость
Stressed: мо́лодость
Meaning: youth (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: пожать
Meaning: to press, shake (hand) (v., pf.)
Example: Тонкий пожал три пальца, поклонился всем туловищем и захихикал, как китаец: «хи-хи-хи».
ExampleEn: The thin one pressed three of his fingers, bowed with his whole torso, and tittered like a Chinaman: «hee-hee-hee».
Source: Толстый и тонкий, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: послышаться
Meaning: to be heard (v., pf.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: поцеловать
Stressed: поцелова́ть
Meaning: to kiss (v., pf.)
Example: Потом, ты слышала, Иуда в ту же ночь поцеловал Иисуса и предал его мучителям.
ExampleEn: Then, as you have heard, that same night Judas kissed Jesus and betrayed him to his tormentors.
Source: Студент, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: ребенок
Stressed: ребе́нок
Meaning: child (n., m.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: ручка
Stressed: ру́чка
Meaning: little hand; handle (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: черта
Stressed: черта́
Meaning: trait; line (n., f.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

Russian: число
Meaning: number; date (n.)
Seen: 4× in Turgenev

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 Turgenev

Russian: держать
Stressed: держа́ть
Meaning: to hold (v., impf.)
Example: — Подумает, что ты себя в публике держать не умеешь!
ExampleEn: — He'll think you don't know how to conduct yourself in public!
Source: Смерть чиновника, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

Russian: перестать
Stressed: переста́ть
Meaning: to stop, cease (verb, pf)
Seen: 7× in Turgenev

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: 9× in Turgenev

Russian: быстро
Stressed: бы́стро
Meaning: quickly (adv.)
Seen: 8× in Turgenev

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: 8× in Turgenev

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: 8× in Turgenev

Russian: барышня
Stressed: ба́рышня
Meaning: young lady (n., f.)
Example: Попроси у барышни Ольги Игнатьевны, скажи, для Ваньки».
ExampleEn: Ask the young mistress Olga Ignatyevna for it, say it is for Vanka.”
Source: Ванька, А. П. Чехов
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: болтать
Stressed: болта́ть
Meaning: to chat; dangle (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: веселость
Stressed: весе́лость
Meaning: gaiety, cheerfulness (n., f.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: вздрогнуть
Meaning: to start, shudder (v., pf.)
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: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: где-то
Stressed: где́-то
Meaning: somewhere (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: горький
Stressed: го́рький
Meaning: bitter (adjective)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: грозный
Meaning: menacing, threatening (adj.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: действительно
Stressed: действи́тельно
Meaning: really, indeed (adv.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: заглядывать
Meaning: to peep in, glance into (v., impf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev

Russian: застать
Meaning: to find, catch (v., pf.)
Seen: 3× in Turgenev