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Во-первых, это глагол "содержать" (you missplelt it) :)

Во-вторых, есть глаголы 1-го спряжения и 2-го спряжения. Я, честно говоря, не помню, какое из них первое, а какое второе :) Но это и не...

I would also say there is no such a word in Russian like "простойный" if I had not read this topic :)

As to "простой", yes, we have two different words of different structure. That is a pure...

I do not believe he is in prison "за возвращение малолетних". I guess it's a completely different word there.

"зона" - a common slang word for "тюрьма"
So, I can guess that "предзонник" is some space in front of "зона". I think it's a criminal slang again.

BTW, if the book is about the life in prison, I...

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И я не понимаю :)
I checked yandex, and I found out it is a criminal slang. Хаза - притон разврата (lechery den).
I see it the first time, to be honest.

BTW, I wonder, what kind of stuff are you...

Вопрос был про ШИЗО. ШИЗО - это не СИЗО.

"зек" is a common colloquial word for "a person who serves a term of imprisonment"
"ШИЗО" is an acronym for "Штрафной ИЗОлятор" (lit. "penalty isolation room"). it is like a punishment cell inside a...

There's also another interesting usage of "да":

- Да нет! - in response to a question.

I believe it can be quite confusing for foreigners, but in fact it just means "No!". The particle "да"...

And that is because "6" is the lowest rank in most of card games.

Yes, pronouncing correctly is also important. But is does not always help to hear the difference.
For example, I am able to pronounce English final -n and -ng correctly (as in "sin" and "sing"). And...

You just need some good listening exercises.
I can record for you some, if you like.

There's an interesting article which touches this issue: http://ai.ato.ms/MITECS/Entry/hatch.html
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В данном контексте оба варианта возможны. Я бы сказал, что "был паинькой" звучало бы несколько лучше. Но именительный падеж выбран здесь потому, что его требует стихотворная рифма.

In modern language, yes! Слушаю-с - the final consonant is hard (unpalatalized), слушаюсь - the final consonant is soft (palatalized). It is very audible for Russian ear.
In older language, there...

This is an old-fashioned particle which was common in the language of the 19th century.
Yes, it is derived from an abbriviated form of the word "сударь" which roughly means "sir". It was used to...