No. 17,418 in Russian
терки
"Тёрки" (informal) - disagreements, conflicts, or tension.
In a sentence
На кухне мне понадобились терки для сырого картофеля.
I needed graters for raw potatoes in the kitchen.
Here, 'терки' refers to kitchen utensils used for grating foods.
У них возникли терки из-за денег, которые нужно было вернуть.
They had disagreements over the money that needed to be returned.
In this context, 'терки' informally refers to conflicts or disagreements between people.
Мы вспомнили терки нашего университета и посмеялись.
We remembered the discussions from our university times and laughed.
Here, 'терки' are memories of energetic or lively exchanges of ideas or thoughts.
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