👉 Choose your language Why Learners Ask About This Pair Both help and help out mean “to assist.” But native speakers use them in different situations. The difference is subtle — formality, style, and context. Let’s make it clear. Help — Neutral and General We use help in almost any situation. It’s neutral, simple, and […]

Choose your language: Levitin Language School – Languages Introduction: More Than Lyrics, More Than Words When we listen to a song or watch a film, we rarely think about how much of what we feel depends on language itself. A phrase that sounds natural and moving in Russian may feel flat in English, abstract in […]

Choose your language: Levitin Language School – Languages Introduction: When Stories Multiply Each Other Sometimes music and cinema come together in a way that one explains the other. The Russian TV series Nichto ne sluchaetsya dvazhdy (Nothing Happens Twice) is a melodrama, yes — but also a meditation on fate, choice, and the impossibility of […]

Choose your language: Levitin Language School – Languages Introduction: When a Song Becomes a Photo Album Some songs do not try to invent new words; instead, they turn familiar feelings into echoes we cannot ignore. Emin’s Ty i ya – Ne vernut’ nazad (You and I – No Way Back) is such a song. It […]

Choose your language: Levitin Language School – Languages Introduction: Why This Song Matters Some songs are not written to impress with poetic complexity but to expose raw feelings. Kamik’s Lyublyu i nenavizhu (I Love and I Hate) belongs to that category. At first glance, the lyrics may seem simple, even repetitive. Yet behind this simplicity […]

Original Text (Russian) Надо жить, – мне сказала вчера, при свечах, кинув карты, цыганка,И в осеннюю полночь ушла, спрятав слезы под шелк полушалка.Надо жить, только, как и зачем, если знаю, что все ты забудешь,Если в бликах венчальных свечей не со мною стоять завтра будешь? Припев:Обманом глаз прекрасных бредить,Не каясь, досыта грешить.И для тебя, одной на […]

EVER as “always”: when it truly means forever — and when it’s just a textbook myth Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director and Senior Instructor of Levitin Language School (Start Language School by Tymur Levitin)Global Learning. Personal Approach. 🔗 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages Introduction If you’ve ever wondered why ever and always both […]

👉 Choose your language Why Possession Is Confusing English shows possession in two main ways: with ’s and with of. Both can mean “belonging to,” but they are used in different contexts. Let’s make this clear with simple rules. Rule 1: Use ’s with People, Animals, Time We add ’s after a person, animal, or […]

“Не пишите мне писем, дорогая графиня…”— sung under guitars in courtyards, passed across generations First Encounter: Why This Song Matters I was fifteen, the youngest in a group where the oldest was forty-one.Someone played this under a guitar. Not a concert, a life. And I didn’t hear the ceremonial “не хочу умирать” (I don’t want […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin «О, не лети так, жизнь, слегка замедли шаг…»— Rauf Kubaev, О, не лети так, жизнь There are songs where a man begs for love.There are songs where he says thank you for the years that passed.And then there are songs like this one — where a man is not talking […]