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More from "Common Russian phrases"

• распоясаться

  throw aside all restraint, let oneself go

• вкалывать

  to work hard

• имейте совесть!

  Have a heart! Have you no shame? Shame on you!

• выходка

  trick, freak, escapade, prank

• подсидеть

  to get somebody's job (as a result of intrigues)

• Снегурочка

  the granddaughter of Russian Santa Claus

• хоть стой, хоть падай

  it beats everything (informal, lit. - or keep standing, or fall down)

• ёлка

  Christmas tree, firtree; New Year's party for kids

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