What is "gnu" and "oppression"

Russian is one of the most complex languages in the world.our planet. And not only for foreigners, but also for carriers. What makes it so difficult and therefore interesting? A large number of homonyms, homophones, phraseological units, jargon, incomprehensible proverbs and sayings. One of the words that cause bewilderment among foreigners is the verbs "gnu" and "oppression". Or not verbs. Or not always verbs ... If an Englishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Spaniard or a Korean will ask: "What is a wildebeest?", Do not rush to answer. A word cut out of context can mislead even a person who has lived all his life in Russia or countries of the post-Soviet space and speaks Russian since birth.

What is "wildebeest"

Let's try to understand this issue gradually from the very beginning. So, what is "gnu"?

A very large South African antelope,belonging to the family of polorogih. Outwardly, it is more like not an ordinary antelope, but rather a bull, and a fairly large bull (I saw wildebeest in a zoo, a cute antelope, something reminiscent of a normal cow, only very much overgrown).
The first person, the only number of the verb "bend" (Gnu metal bars as easily as strips of plasticine).
Operating system (the only one of its kind), with which you can perform mathematical actions (Development of the system of GNU began in 1983).

The meaning of "oppression"

The noun "oppression", like most words in the Russian language, has several meanings:

Load, something very heavy, imposed especially on something, for gradual squeezing, push-ups, pressing (To dung best squeezed, you need to put pressure on them).
What torments, oppresses, burdens (Under the yoke of cares especially do not have fun).
Igo, coercion to any action or inaction, restriction of rights and freedoms (It is necessary to free ourselves from the oppression of the oppressors).
Submission of power (She lived all her life under the yoke of her husband's authority).
A long pole, which is pressed on a hay or straw stacked on a cart (Do not loose straw on the road, press down with an oppression).

What is an idiom

Idiom is a special expression, the meaning of whichis understandable to a native speaker or a person who has lived in the country for a long time and has absorbed all the subtleties of a foreign language before the bone marrow. For example, the expression "bend the back." The meaning of phraseology (idioms) by a foreigner can be perceived literally: to make slopes, swing a press, bend the back to someone to break. We are funny, but someone is not.

Idiomatic expressions with the verb "bend"

Sometimes it is easier to memorize phraseological units than to try to reach the true meaning yourself, through the thorns of logic and common sense.

Bend in three deaths - forcibly subordinate to one's will.
Bend in three deaths - do not follow the posture, stoop.
To bend your back, bend your hump - it's hard to work, to bow.
To bend one's line is to be stubborn, to insist on one's own.
Baranki wildebeest - there is no meaning as such, just an ironic answer to the rhyme to the question "Well?"
Bend into a mutton horn - win, subordinate.
Bend your fingers - behave defiantly, brashly, arrogantly.

Synonyms for the words "oppression" and "wildebeest"

To better understand the subtleties of the use of any word, it is good to study its synonyms:

press;
heaviness;
cargo;
yoke;
oppression;
depression;
concern;
pole;
antelope;
cant;
reduce;
bondage;
yoke;
burden;
cross.

The simplest exercises for the development of speech

Make sentences with the words "gnu" and "oppression":

What is "wildebeest" and who is "gnu"?
Sauerkraut failed, unfortunately, because Aunt Nastasya put on her insufficient, too easy, oppression.
The people tolerated, did not make any effort to get rid of oppression, to throw off this unbearable, humiliating yoke.
From the cart fell oppression, so the boys lost all the hay on the road.
To ensure that the meat is well-minted, you need to press down on it with a heavier pressure.
The soul hurts under the yoke of despair and sorrow.
The heavier the yell, the better the wetted apples.
The people for some reason kept silent under the oppression of the conquerors, carrying their cross with uncomplaining despair.
Russia languished under the yoke of the Mongol-Tatar yoke.
Gnu struck the hoof of the unlucky tourist.
The new chief manages that the bear of the arc is bent.
How much you can bend your back on someone else's uncle, it's time to open your own business.
The old woman was bent in three deaths under the yoke of the years she lived.
I'll bend you in the arc!
We need to do something to get rid of this oppression, let's raise the uprising.
The teenager continued to bend his line, the meaning of his behavior was obvious even to the blind: the banal aspiration to assert itself.

Replace all possible words with synonyms:

What is oppression? (What is gravity?)
To hee turned out delicious and juicy, you need to hold it under heavy oppression (To make the meat in Korean it turned out delicious, it is worth placing it under a heavy press).
The people are tired of living under the yoke of the invaders. (People are tired of existing under the yoke of the interventionists).
The driver lost the yoke, and a strong wind swept the hay (Voznitsa did not notice the fall of the pole, and the hurricane swept the dry grass).
An elderly person has turned gray under the yoke of problems (the young man is still gray because of trouble).
This is your oppression for the rest of your life. (This is your cross for the rest of your life).
Gnu noticed pursuers and started to run away (Antelope sensed her pursuers and fled).
Everyone knew that the girl was mistaken, but she continued to push her line boringly (Everyone knew that the girl was wrong, but she was not inferior).
It was funny to watch the guys bend their fingers in front of the young girls. (It was funny to watch the young men show off before the very young girls).
The wounded wildebeest weighs more than 250 kg, how can we carry it to the hospital?