No. 2,223 in Russian
десятка
"Десятка" means "ten" or "a group of ten" in English.
In a sentence
Я купил пачку десятков сигарет.
I bought a pack of ten cigarettes.
In this sentence, 'десятков' refers to tens, indicating a quantity in multiples of ten.
В этот раз я получил десятку за письменный экзамен.
This time I got a ten on the written exam.
Here, 'десятка' means the grade 'ten', indicating a high score in an examination.
На дороге мы увидели странную десятку.
On the road, we saw a strange ten.
In this context, 'десятка' refers to a type or model of a vehicle, specifically a car from the VAZ-2110 series, colloquially known as 'десятка' in Russia.
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