из последних сил
“из последних сил” (iz poslednikh sil) — with one's last strength in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Iz poslednikh sil on doshyol do finisha — "with his last strength he reached the finish" — when the strength is spent: and there is also on last legs — the same exhaustion, with a funnier picture. In a live sentence: “Из последних сил он дошёл до финиша” — With his last strength he reached the finish. A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | из последних сил |
| Read in Latin letters | iz poslednikh sil |
| Translation | with one's last strength |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Iz poslednikh sil on doshyol do finisha — "with his last strength he reached the finish" — when the strength is spent: and there is also on last legs — the same exhaustion, with a funnier picture.
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.
- Из последних сил он дошёл до финишаIz poslednikh sil on doshyol do finishaWith his last strength he reached the finish
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 “with one's last strength” in Russian?
«из последних сил», read “iz poslednikh sil”. In a live sentence: “Из последних сил он дошёл до финиша” — With his last strength he reached the finish. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters и, з, п, о, с, л, е, д, н, и, х, с…
How is “из последних сил” written in Latin letters?
iz poslednikh sil. 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?
Iz poslednikh sil on doshyol do finisha — "with his last strength he reached the finish" — when the strength is spent: and there is also on last legs — the same exhaustion, with a funnier picture. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.