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Igel

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Tue Aug-10-10 02:23 PM
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2. Reverse translating is also the key to using the

two-way dictionary correctly.

"Bum --> zady, zhopa --> behind, arse" is a dead giveaway to try another of the words offered by the dictionary.

I watched a girl in 4th year college Russian hurriedly prep for being called on. She was looking up "negramotnyi" 'illiterate' and her finger slipped to "negritianin". The teacher was not amused when she translated something along the lines of "To the US's shame, it graduates upwards of 300,000 blacks per year from high school."

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