No. 212 in Russian
встречи
"Meetings" or "encounters."
In a sentence
У меня сегодня две встречи.
I have two meetings today.
Here, 'встречи' refers to scheduled professional or formal meetings.
Мы давно не виделись, поэтому наша встреча была очень радостной.
We hadn't seen each other for a long time, so our meeting was very joyous.
Here, 'встреча' denotes an encounter or gathering of friends or acquaintances.
На дороге по пути домой я столкнулся с ним случайно, и эта встреча стала неожиданной.
On the road to home, I ran into him accidentally, and this meeting was unexpected.
In this case, 'встреча' signifies an unplanned or accidental encounter.
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