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Re:Chekhov: “Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy th... by vmarovic on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:39AM (#13868373)
I don't know russian, but in croatian which is somewhat similar adding pre to infront of the word makes it stronger, does not change meaning. Like too beautiful or as beautiful as it could get. Though in russian it could be different. (edit or even more beautiful than it is allowed/expected/needed)
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Re:Chekhov: “Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy th... by uzoodoo on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:45PM (#13871752)
Well, if you remove "pre" from "прекрасно", you get "red-colored", so it doesn't quite work here. (Actually, it would make the first part of the sentence a bit too literal.)
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Re:Chekhov: “Cultured people must, in my opinion, satisfy th... by c-smile on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:48PM (#13873416)
"прекрасно" consists of two parts : "пре" ("very" here) and "краса" ("beauty") in Russian so it is pretty close etymologically to English beautiful. Slightly different connotation in this particular case but still close enough.
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