No. 4,174 in Russian
слуга
"Servant."
In a sentence
Он был верным слугой короля.
He was a loyal servant to the king.
In this sentence, "слуга" is used to describe a servant in a royal or formal sense.
Слуга народа должен слышать своих избирателей.
A servant of the people must listen to their voters.
Here, "слуга" is used metaphorically to describe someone in public service or politics.
Я чувствую себя словно слуга технологий, которые я должен обслуживать.
I feel like a servant to the technologies I have to maintain.
In this context, "слуга" describes a person metaphorically subjected to serving technologies.
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