"We are providing them with support," she said. "We are also working to help them with their energy resilience. So they're not solely dependent on Russian energy supplies. And that is the way ultimately that we will help support Ukraine."

Machine translation has achieved amazing results in its progress, But sometimes it does not “see” the most obvious equivalent: “After some of the longest and strictest restaurant lockdowns of any city of the world, Toronto is moving towards lifting all pandemic restrictions by March 2022.” Instead of matching ‘restaurant lockdowns’ to «закрытие ресторанов» it offers the incredible equivalent of «блокировка ресторанов»

In British English, we say something 'is ON the cards' - or 'IN the cards' in American English - when we mean that something is likely to happen. Examples Wage rises are on the cards in the UK. There are now signs that things are getting better for ordinary British workers. My son might be ready to settle down. He's had lots of girlfriends but now he's going steady with a colleague and a wedding might be on the cards.

Unlike last year, large Christmas gatherings down the pub are not banned. Many people are now vaccinated, but is an office party or after-work drinks really worth the risk right now? UK Covid cases are high and still rising and there's a new highly mutated and easy to catch variant called Omicron circulating that could well change the balance of risks.

Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse where a person or group makes someone question their sanity, perception of reality, or memories. People experiencing gaslighting often feel confused, anxious, and unable to trust themselves. The term gaslighting derives from the 1938 play and 1944 film Gaslight, in which a husband manipulates his wife into thinking she has a mental illness by dimming their gas-fueled lights and telling her she is hallucinating.

Meme expectation / Reality Russians are gruff folks who rarely smile | Smiles, handshakes and hugs wherever we went Russian service and hospitality industry isn't great | Every single hotel we visited went to great lengths to make us comfy; far more superior in terms of service to any place we've visited on mainland Europe Russia has rampant racism with even occasional neo-nazi incidences | Russia was the least racist country I've ever visited (30 so far), never even once heard a word or a stare that made me feel weird Russia has weird soviet style horror playgrounds and poor infra | Many, many playgrounds with v good equipment where my kids had great fun playing with Russian children they had just met and couldnt even communicate with (!), roads and other infra was better than many parts of central Europe and even parts of the US Russia is a hyper-nationalist country with Putin being a near dictator | I visited the naval day parade in Petersburg and when Putin was going around on a boat waving to the crowd, the applause was polite but nowhere fervent like a Trump, Modi or Xi address, many people I spoke with were frank and open about areas where Putin was not doing so well also (economy for instance) Crime is rampant in Russia with streets teeming with thugs and hoodlums | Never felt even slightly unsafe despite taking the moscow metro or walking the Petersburg pier at 1 AM, police were everywhere and quite vigilant as well as helpful Russia is a country of vodka guzzling violent men and families are quite broken | Everywhere I went, I saw families with kids and seemingly happy youth, in rest of Europe where churches are being converted to bars, churches here they had very good attendance

He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing.

“There is no such thing as conversation,” the novelist and literary critic Rebecca West famously wrote in her collection of stories, The Harsh Voice. “It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.” In her opinion, our own words simply pass over the words of others without any profound communication taking place. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211109-what-we-get-wrong-about-conversations

ballin' like a boss Without any context, it's hard to say exactly what it means. In basic English I'd say it probably just means, "He's cool." and/or "He has lots of money." “Look at him and his shiny car, he’s ballin’!” 'like a boss' can be a mere intensifier.