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Meaning: old, ancient

Pronunciation: [STAH-riy]

Part of speech: adjective

Rank: #180 (see frequency list)

We have an old clock, but it still works perfectly.
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• Пе́тя - мой ста́рый друг.
• Petia is my old friend.
• Моя́ ба́бушка уже́ о́чень ста́рая.
• My grandmother is very old already.
• У нас есть ста́рые часы́, но они́ ещё прекра́сно рабо́тают.
• We have an old clock, but it still works perfectly.
• Мы ме́дленно шли по ста́рому па́рку.
• We were walking slowly through the old park.
• Моне́та ста́рая, ну́жно отпра́вить её на эксперти́зу.
• The coin is old, you have to assess it.
•  literal  The coin is old, it should be sent to the assessment.
• По ста́рому па́спорту вас не пу́стят за грани́цу.
• They won't let you travel abroad with the old passport.
• Он был ста́рым сварли́вым холостяко́м.
• He was an old quarrelsome bachelor.
• Не тро́гай ста́рую ра́ну!
• Don't speak about my usual problems!
•  literal  Don't touch my old wound!
• Ну э́то ста́рая пе́сня! Э́то мы уже́ слы́шали!
• Oh, that's an old story. We've already heard it.
•  literal  Oh, that's an old song. We've already heard it.
• Сейча́с всë не так, как в ста́рые времена́.
• Nowadays everything it not as it used to be in old times.
• Ах, ты ста́рый хрыч! Опя́ть в чужи́е де́ла вме́шиваешься!
• Oh, it's you, old grumbler! Are you meddling in other people's matters again?

• ста́рая привы́чка = old tradition
• ста́рая дру́жба = olf friendship
• принима́ться за ста́рое = fall back into one's old ways
• ста́рые и ма́лые = the young and the old
• ста́рый стиль = old style (Julian calendar)
• по ста́рой па́мяти = for old times' sake
    literal  for the old memory
• ста́рая де́ва = old maid
    literal  old girl
• ста́рая ве́ра = Old Belief
• Ста́рый свет = the Old World
• ста́рый хрыч = old grumbler
• старó как мир = old as the hills
    literal  old as the world

• стари́к = old man
• стару́ха = old woman
• по-ста́рому = as before
• стари́нный = ancient

• Ста́рый друг лу́чше но́вых двух.
• Old friends and old wine are best.
•  literal  An old friend is better than two new ones.
• Кто ста́рое помя́нет, тому́ глаз вон.
• Let bygones be bygones
•  literal  He who mentions the past, will lose their eye.
• Ста́рый, что ма́лый.
• The old are like the young.

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