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  2. At attention - Wikipedia

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    In Russia and countries of Soviet influence, on the command of attention (Russian: Смирно; Smer-nah), the soldiers of any sized unit snap their heads to the front, with their chin up and looking straight ahead. [2]

  3. Attention - Wikipedia

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    Attention is best described as the sustained focus of cognitive resources on information while filtering or ignoring extraneous information. Attention is a very basic function that often is a precursor to all other neurological/cognitive functions. As is frequently the case, clinical models of attention differ from investigation models.

  4. Oi (interjection) - Wikipedia

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    Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise ...

  5. Russian forms of addressing - Wikipedia

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    The system of Russian forms of addressing is used in Russian languages to indicate relative social status and the degree of respect between speakers. Typical language for this includes using certain parts of a person's full name, name suffixes , and honorific plural , as well as various titles and ranks.

  6. List of Russian-language euphemisms for dying - Wikipedia

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    However philologist from the Moscow State University Olga Kukushkina [4] by analyzing the poem in detail and the meanings of the verb "to respect", contests this statement and suggests that the expression was used in the direct meaning of paying an attention to a terminally ill person, to whom otherwise Onegin was indifferent. [5]

  7. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said that special attention needed to be paid to containing price rises, while pointing out that inflation was trending lower. The central bank is widely ...

  8. Reduplication in Russian - Wikipedia

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    Reduplication in Russian is used to intensify meaning in different ways.. Reduplication is also observable in borrowed words, such as "пинг-понг" ([pʲɪnkˈponk]; ping-pong) and "зигзаг" ([zʲɪɡˈzak]; zig-zag), but since the words were borrowed as is from other languages, they are not examples of reduplication as it works in the grammar of Russian.

  9. Gold just saw its biggest yearly gain since 2010 — here's why ...

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    Wall Street analysts expect gold's rally to keep going in 2025 after the precious metal saw its biggest annual jump in 14 years. On Thursday, gold futures jumped more than 1% to hover above $2,670 ...