No. 5,565 in Russian
порог
Threshold.
In a sentence
Я остановился на пороге дома.
I stopped at the threshold of the house.
In this sentence, 'порог' is used to indicate the physical threshold or doorstep of a house, denoting a boundary or entrance in a literal sense.
Переступив этот порог, вы почувствуете атмосферу уюта.
Crossing this threshold, you will feel the atmosphere of coziness.
Here, 'порог' symbolizes a transition or point of crossing, representing a change from one situation or state to another in a figurative sense.
Эта задача превышает порог сложности.
This task exceeds the threshold of complexity.
In this context, 'порог' is used metaphorically to denote a level or limit, specifically the maximum or minimum boundary of complexity for the task being described.
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