Colloquial Russian

Unit 10: The Arbat 137

незнако�мый unfamiliar,

unknown

носи�ть П/нести� I to carry

(on foot)

остана�вли ваться I to stop

пéсня song

петь I (по||ю�, -ёшь) to sing to

a guitar

под гита�ру accompani-

ment

пешехо�днaя зо�на pedestrian

zone

портрéт portrait

поэ�т poet

ры�нок market

сéрия series

сло�во word

стихи� poetry

столи�ца capital

торго�вля trade

с утра� до вéчера from morning

till night

улыба�ться I to smile

ходи�ть II to go (on

foot), walk

Диалог 1

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Marina is impressed by Peter’s progress with Russian. Peter is happy
with his job in Moscow, and Marina is enjoying her studies. It turns out
that her faculty is in the old university building on Mokhovaya Street
which Peter passes every day on his way to work.

Ста�рый Арба�т