в самый разгар
“в самый разгар” (v samyy razgar) — at the very height of in Russian. Phrase, level B1. V samyy razgar igry konchilos elektrichestvo — "at the very height of the game the power went out" — razgar is the fiercest spot of the fire: of summer, of a feast; English in full swing. In a live sentence: “В самый разгар игры кончилось электричество” — At the very height of the game the power went out. A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | в самый разгар |
| Read in Latin letters | v samyy razgar |
| Translation | at the very height of |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
V samyy razgar igry konchilos elektrichestvo — "at the very height of the game the power went out" — razgar is the fiercest spot of the fire: of summer, of a feast; English in full swing.
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.
- В самый разгар игры кончилось электричествоV samyy razgar igry konchilos elektrichestvoAt the very height of the game the power went out
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 “at the very height of” in Russian?
«в самый разгар», read “v samyy razgar”. In a live sentence: “В самый разгар игры кончилось электричество” — At the very height of the game the power went out. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters в, с, а, м, ы, й, р, а, з, г, а, р.
How is “в самый разгар” written in Latin letters?
v samyy razgar. 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?
V samyy razgar igry konchilos elektrichestvo — "at the very height of the game the power went out" — razgar is the fiercest spot of the fire: of summer, of a feast; English in full swing. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.