| Russian phrase | Wrong translation | Correct translation | Notes |
| Визитная карточка | Visit(ing) card | Business card | |
| Горячие пожелания (в письме) | Hot wishes | Best regards | |
| Курсы (языковые) | Courses | Course | |
| Выполнить следующие шаги | Do the following steps | Go through the following steps | |
| Он хорошо выспался и на другой день чувствовал себя лучше | He slept well and was better the other day | He slept well and was better the next day | |
| У меня много работы | I have much work | I am very busy | |
| Чтобы это сделать, мне потребуется час | I will need an hour to do that | It will take me an hour to do that | |
| Я видел странный сон | I saw a strange dream | I had a strange dream | |
| Она всегда говорит правду | She always says the truth | She always tells (speaks) the truth | |
| Ты следил за игрой? | Did you follow the game? | Did you watch the game? | |
| Учитель поставил мне хорошую оценку | The teacher put me a good grade | The teacher gave me a good grade | |
| Я хочу подстричь волосы | I am going to cut my hair | I am going to have my hair cut | |
| Это лекарство творит чудеса | This medicine makes miracles | This medicine works miracles | |
| Сегодня утром | Today morning | This morning | |
| Он родился в 1812 году | He born in 1812 | He was born in 1812 | |
| Он сильнее всех | He is stronger that anybody | He is stronger than anybody else | |
| Несчастный был застрелен | The unfortunate was shot dead | The unfortunate man was shot dead | BUT this is allowed for plural: "the poor envy the rich" |
| У меня есть только два-три друга | I have only two-three friends | I have only two or three friends | |
| Лучше иди домой | Better go home | You had better go home | |
| Это грязно, брось это | It is dirty; throw it | It is dirty; throw it away | |
| Не думаю | I do not think | I do not think so | |
| Я ушел из футбола | I have now left football | I have now given up football | |
| Он не заботится о своих деньгах | He does not care for his money | He does not take care of his money | |
| Многие люди расстались с жизнью на море | Many people lost their life at sea | Many people lost their lives at sea | |
| Я хорошо себя чувствую | I feel myself good | I am feeling fine | Never, NEVER use the wrong variant. Ask your American friends why. |
| Раздеваться (в прихожей, гардеробе) | Take off one's clothes | Take off one's coat | |
| Правильный (равносторонний) треугольник | Right triangle | Equilateral triangle | Right-angled triangle - это прямоугольный треугольник |
