On Tuesday I was again climbing on roofs. This time near the town of Kingsepp, next to Estonia. The mountains on the horizon are handmade. They are slag heaps...
Hi Daf, Thanks a lot for your help. It was nice to read your translation. Heh. Did you know that I'm going to take part in learning English? :-). The lessons ...
Dmitry Penzin
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Oct 19, 2005 5:33 pm
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Hi Dmitry. Good luck with your English lessons. Daf...
Privet all, I wanna get russiam e-mail adress.(Narod.ru kuban.ru like this)But my russian language is not enough.Anyone help me?.. Thanks ... To help you...
... Perhaps you should address your enquiry to the owners of the narod.ru and kuban.ru domains. Since you have an e-mail address already and since it is likely...
Hi Murat, ... russian language is not enough.Anyone help me?.. If you would like you can try http://www3.pochta.ru/regform.php?lng=en I suppose that the best...
Dmitry Penzin
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Oct 20, 2005 6:03 pm
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Hi All, how are you? I'm fine and thank you. Heh. I took part in the fisrt English lesson at my work. My teacher is younger than me, but she knows English ...
Dmitry Penzin
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Nov 9, 2005 5:42 pm
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Hello Dmitry, Good luck with the course. You are not stupid at all. Just give it time and keep trying. ... to attempt is transitive. It needs an object or...
Hi All, Today I took my third English lesson. When I was inquiring about a proverb "Не в коня корм" the teacher asked me to find out about an...
Dmitry Penzin
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Nov 22, 2005 7:10 pm
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... I've been listening to English for 50 years and I don't know what it means, so don't rush to use it, because I doubt that many others will understand it,...
Hi Dmitry, ... My phrase book says that the expression (in Russian) means something that is a wasted effort. Although I've never heard the expression, "It's...
Hi Allen and Dmitry I too think it's 'coals to Newcastle'. I suppose the old version implies that the general has more than enough caviar but how either equate...
Hi All, thanks a lot for the answers. About Daf's question. We say "Корм не в коня" mainly with respect to a thin person. We say that he/she wastes...
Dmitry Penzin
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Nov 23, 2005 5:28 pm
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Hi, I send you the cartoon. From the third look I understood humor. It's much funny. Would somebody like to explain humor? I will do it for tomorrow. -- ...
Dmitry Penzin
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Nov 25, 2005 6:02 pm
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After half a dozen looks I still don't get it. Yes, Please Dmitry, explain it for me. Daf I send you {the} [a] cartoon. From the third look I understood [the]...
Hi Daf, thanks a lot for a correction of my message. Well, I attempted to describe a cartoon. For first, you can see on the t-shift of an African man the label...
Dmitry Penzin
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Nov 26, 2005 7:22 pm
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Thanks for that. I must say that, although I did think the leaves must have something to do with it, the zebras didn't remind me of birches. Daf...
Hello. I'm sorting out all my Russian files and trying to get rid of duplicates. In the process found this. I see, of course, the idea but can't think what the...
Hi Daf, ... My dictionary of proverbs simply says, "There's no accounting for tastes." I've never heard that as an English langauage "proverb", and I suspect...
don't know an English equivalent from Daf's message, but today I took the fourth lesson and I got one phrase - Get up from the wrong bed side. It curious that...
Dmitry Penzin
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Dec 6, 2005 7:32 pm
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... I've heard "There's no accounting for taste" (sic) many, many times. Mike...
Thanks Mike and Allen, That's exactly it but I just couldn't pull it out of my memory. It may not be a proverb but certainly is a saying in general use. I'm...
Damn, it has sure been a while... I just realized today that it's been 12 months since I last went out with a special lady, but I am pretty happy to be...
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Dec 10, 2005 10:07 am
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Hi, don't hesitate to kick me for my weak text. My oldish tap! It served for me so many years without fee. But life is going. Time has come. New Finnish tap I...
Dmitry Penzin
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Dec 15, 2005 5:57 pm
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Made me laugh. Is Finland renowned for production of good taps? Daf...