больше такого не повторится
“больше такого не повторится” (bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya) — it will never happen again in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya, obeshchayu — "such a thing will never happen again, I promise" — povtoritsya is to happen a second time; an oath or a sigh of relief. In a live sentence: “Больше такого не повторится, обещаю” — Such a thing will never happen again. Written with the characters б, о, л, ь, ш, е, т, а, к, о, г, о…
In short
| Written in Russian | больше такого не повторится |
| Read in Latin letters | bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya |
| Translation | it will never happen again |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya, obeshchayu — "such a thing will never happen again, I promise" — povtoritsya is to happen a second time; an oath or a sigh of relief.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Больше такого не повторится, обещаюBolshe takogo ne povtoritsya, obeshchayuSuch a thing will never happen again
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “it will never happen again” in Russian?
«больше такого не повторится», read “bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya”. In a live sentence: “Больше такого не повторится, обещаю” — Such a thing will never happen again. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters б, о, л, ь, ш, е, т, а, к, о, г, о…
How is “больше такого не повторится” written in Latin letters?
bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Bolshe takogo ne povtoritsya, obeshchayu — "such a thing will never happen again, I promise" — povtoritsya is to happen a second time; an oath or a sigh of relief. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.