on the left

[savageanomaly.livejournal.com]

Hello,


I was reading a book that was describing informal economy in Russia and it used a phrase


buying "on the left"


"on the left" was in quotation marks and it's not an English expression, so I assume it's a Russian one. How would it sound in Russian? I can't find anything on my own.



Thank you again for your help.

Nouns with Numerals

[improperlyhuman]

I can't find an answer to this in my grammar book or on any websites I've tried. I don't know what it's called (Numerate Case?), but it has to do with nouns changing form when referred to by numbers, such as

семнадцать тарелок.

Can anyone point me to a website or something that explains this? Thanks.