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история

Meaning: 1. story; 2. history; 3. event, business

Pronunciation: ee-STOH-ree-yah

Part of speech: noun

Rank: #257 (see frequency list).

 Example sentences:
  • Саша рассказал интересную историю.
  • Sasha told an interesting story.
  • Его имя вошло в историю.
  • His name went down in history.
  • Я с ними в такую историю попал!
  • I've got into such a mess with them!
  • На первом курсе с Анной произошла любовная история.
  • Anna's love story took place in her first year (of study).
  • Я люблю читать смешные истории из жизни.
  • I love to read funny stories from life.
  • Это учебник по истории России.
  • This is a textbook on the history of Russia.
 Idioms, proverbs, set phrases:
  • Вот так история! = A fine kettle of fish!
  • любовная история = love story, romance
  • старая история = warmed-over cabbage (literally: an old story)
  • попасть в историю = to get tangled; to get into a mess; to get into an anecdotical situation or accident
 Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case Singular Plural
Nominative исто́рия исто́рии
Genitive исто́рии исто́рий
Dative исто́рии исто́риям
Accusative исто́рию исто́рий
Instrumental исто́рией исто́риями
Prepositional исто́рии исто́риях


































































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