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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

A lot of Russians say "To my mind..." when speaking English. This phrase sounds strange to me in English and it seems like a direct translation from something Russian (or maybe it's British and I just don't know it). Does anyone know what it's from? The closest direct translations I could think of are

"С моей точки зрения..." 
"Я имею в виду.." 

but neither seem close enough. Where does this come from??

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[charlie-delta.livejournal.com]

Hello

I'm an Australian, i'm heading to Europe at the end of the year and Russia is my first stop (particularly St Petersburg and Moscow), I plan to go back several times as there is alot I want to experience see as I only have limited time on this trip.

I started learning russian a few months ago, taking a course in beginners russian, I am learning as much as I can over the next seven months before my trip and was wondering if theres anyone out there that would like to chat, I can help with english and you in turn can help with the russian.

I'm sure posts like this have gone up many times... so heres another one =)

If anyones interested... comments are screened so that no ones private email address is out in the open.. send me an email =)

Спасибо, Пока =)

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[dezelina.livejournal.com]

Hey there,

Thanks for your help on my last question! 

But now I have a new one! lol  My boyfriend wants to learn Russian.  I remember that  when I was learning to handwrite my teachers gave me worksheets that showed where to begin and end each letter with little arrows that showed which direction to draw the lines of the letters.  I can't fine my old sheets, does anyone know where I can find some of these on the internet?  I tried a google search and nothing came up that is in a workbook form.