No. 356 in Russian
сторону
The word "сторону" in English means "side" or "direction" (accusative case of "сторона").
In a sentence
Она посмотрела в сторону дома.
She looked in the direction of the house.
Here, 'сторону' is used in the accusative case to indicate a direction (towards the house).
Машина свернула в сторону.
The car turned to the side.
In this case, 'сторону' emphasizes movement to a side or avoidance.
Он всегда был на вашей стороне.
He was always on your side.
Here, 'стороне' (in another sentence, changes case) means allegiance or support.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “сторону” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “сторону” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).