IELTS / TOEFL English for Russian Speakers — 2504 Cards

**Russian speakers** preparing **IELTS** (Academic or General Training), **TOEFL iBT**, Cambridge English (B2 First / C1 Advanced-style lexis), or **PTE Academic** for study abroad, skilled migration, or professional registration. Typical RU-outbound cases:

- **Canada / Australia / UK** — IELTS (including UKVI where required) - **United States** — graduate and professional **TOEFL iBT** score bands - **Europe** — university English thresholds that accept IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge, or PTE

This product is **English vocabulary Anki with Russian support**. It is not a tourist EN–RU phrase pack, not an “English Vocabulary in Use” AnkiWeb dump, and not the PT-BR or LatAm-Spanish sibling listings.

- **Front:** English headword (+ image where included) - **Back:** Russian gloss, bilingual example sentence, native English audio - **Drill rule:** hear English → guess meaning in English → only then open the Russian gloss

Free AnkiWeb dumps labelled “English–Russian” or EVU book mirrors are often tourist phrases, undated frequency lists, or multi-thousand CEFR dumps without IELTS/TOEFL framing. This listing ships **2,504** exam-frequency cards from the Prep2Go bank as one Gumroad `.apkg` at **$26**.

Russian lookalikes feel familiar — then the English sense differs under time pressure. Drill these as English-first (examples of traps this bank helps you notice — not a closed list):

| Russian lookalike | Wrong English guess | Exam-safe English sense | | --- | --- | --- | | *актуальный* | “actual” | **current / topical** (actual = реальный / фактический) | | *магазин* | “magazine” | **shop / store** (magazine = журнал) | | *кабинет* | “cabinet” | often **office / study** (cabinet = шкаф / кабинет министров) | | *резина* | “resin” | **rubber / tyre rubber** (resin = смола) | | *контроль* | “control” only | often **check / inspection** (exam *control* ≠ проверка) | | *фабрика* | “fabric” | **factory** (fabric = ткань) | | *интеллигентный* | “intelligent” | often **cultured / refined** (intelligent = умный) | | *консервативный* | only “conservative politics” | also **cautious / traditional** in academic prose |

Anki forces spaced English recall so you stop translating under Listening/Reading time pressure.

| Weeks | Daily Anki | Pair with | | --- | --- | --- | | 1–5 | ~25 new cards/day + reviews | One official Listening or Reading section each weekend (British Council / IDP / ETS) | | 6–7 | New cards taper; clear “Again” queue | Full practice test under timed conditions | | 8 | Reviews only | Re-learn every word you missed on the last mock |

Always play English audio before reading the Russian gloss. If you still need Russian on the back after week 4, tag those cards and review them twice on weekdays.

- Mapping every cognate 1:1 (*актуальный* → “actual”) under exam time pressure - Skipping English audio because the written word “looks familiar” - Studying tourist EN–RU AnkiWeb packs or raw EVU book dumps instead of IELTS/TOEFL-frequency lexis - Confusing this listing with the **PT-BR** or **LatAm Spanish-gloss** English sibling packs

Not a timed mock exam, writing scorer, or speaking coach. Not official British Council / IDP / ETS / Cambridge / Pearson material. Sibling UniPrep English decks share an exam-frequency spine but use different gloss languages — this page is **Russian glosses only**.