The Dictionary of Spoken Russian differs from the Average Somewhat dictionary, for it is A dictionary of Words Only secondarily. The basic unit of communication is the phrase or sentence. These phrases and sentences, the fundamentals of language activity, are indexed by word entries. Some words are not illustrated by sentences; the word April , for instance, equating with aprél , needs no special illustration for anyone familiar with the basic patterns of the languages ​​involved. On the Other Hand, Words like do , make , or what , be require extensive illustration for any but native speakers.

The vast Majority of the Illustrative sentences in the Dictionary of Spoken Russian are on the standard colloquial Level; but some slang is involved, and some purely formal or "literary" expressions, if they are common in daily life, as in newspapers, documents, signs, and correspondence. Proverbs are included when they form part of everyday speech habits. Rare, archaic, precious, or provincial expressions are left out simply because there is no room for them in a dictionary of this scope. The Russian is the colloquial speech of Moscow or Leningrad, with DM Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary of Russian Language, Moscow, 1935-1940, as the basic authority. The English is general American colloquial. Usage in English and Russian was determined by a consensus of a large number of native speakers in both languages. A conscious attempt has been made ​​not to be arbitrary in usage, and to be descriptive, not prescriptive. A dictionary of a spoken language must always catalog what is said, not what certain individuals think people should say.

This dictionary has an English-Russian side consisting of four thousand common word entries, together with subentries (phrases and idioms) and illustrative sentences. The Russian-English side consists of 7,700 word entries, with subentries and illustrative sentences. In addition, the dictionary contains a grammatical summary of Russian to which irregularly inflected Russian words are coded, and appendixes dealing with weights and measures, signs, proper names, foods, holidays, and so forth.

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