No. 7,449 in Russian
гуща
Thick sediment or dregs (e.g., in liquids like coffee or soup).
In a sentence
Кофейная гуща осела на дне чашки.
Coffee grounds settled at the bottom of the cup.
Here, 'гуща' is used to describe the dense residue of coffee grounds left after brewing in a cup.
Он вышел из лесной гущи на просторную поляну.
He walked out of the dense forest onto an open meadow.
In this context, 'гуща' refers to a dense area of trees or vegetation in a forest.
В гущу событий он оказался неожиданно втянут.
He was unexpectedly drawn into the thick of events.
Here, 'гуща' metaphorically indicates the central, most active, or intense part of events or actions.
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