No. 57 in Russian
раз
"Раз" means "time" (as in an instance or occurrence) or "once."
In a sentence
Первый раз я поехал за границу, когда мне было двадцать.
The first time I traveled abroad, I was twenty.
Time occurrence (first time).
Эта задача требует в десять раз больше усилий, чем я ожидал.
This task requires ten times more effort than I expected.
Multiplicative comparison (ten times).
Давайте решим эту проблему раз и навсегда.
Let's solve this problem once and for all.
Finality or completeness (once and for all).
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