Двигаться ровно и плавно, как вода.
To move steadily and smoothly like water.
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Река течёт в море. — The river flows into the sea.
Они пытались остановить поток машин. — They tried to stop the flow of traffic.
Вода течёт быстрее после дождя? — Does the water flow faster after the rain?
Достаточно ли сильный поток воды? — Is the flow of water strong enough?
Пусть вода течёт минуту, прежде чем пить. — Let the water flow for a minute before drinking.
Ровный поток посетителей не давал магазину передохнуть. — A steady flow of visitors kept the shop busy.
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Download the app for free Russian vocabulary testТечь carries a meaning English flow does not: to leak. Кран течёт is the tap is dripping, крыша течёт is the roof leaks. Same verb, and it is the sense a Russian hears first in a domestic context.
It is also a noun — течь, a leak in a boat — spelled identically to the verb. And it is irregular: течёт, текут, тёк. The English noun flow corresponds to поток, and Russian has separately borrowed флоу for a rapper's delivery.
утечка a leak
The noun built on the same root — of gas, of water, and of data.
поток flow, stream
The noun English gets for free by reusing flow. Russian needs this separate word.
течение current
A directed current. Also, confusingly, в течение means during — same spelling, different stress and meaning.
наводнение flood
When the flow leaves its banks.
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