никогда - never

Я никогда не ем морковь.

I never eat carrots.

комната - the room

Мой багаж в моей комнате. 

My luggage is in my room.

 

Это очень большая комната!

This is a very large room! 

das Zimmer - the room

Dieses Haus hat viele Zimmer.

This house has many rooms.

мост - a bridge

Вы знаете мосты Санкт-Петербурга?  

Do you know the bridges of Saint Petersburg?

 

В Портленде много мостов.

Portland has a lot of bridges. 

страна - country

Россия очень большая страна. 

Russia is a very big country.

 

В этой стране много людей.

There are many people in this country. 

Vocabulaire: des bas, le deuil, en berne

I love it when the search for elucidation on one word leads to another discovery, and so on.

des bas: stockings

• Chaussée avec un soin qui dénotait des habitudes d’élégance, elle portait des bas de soie gris qui complétaient la teinte de deuil répandue dans ce costume de convention.

le deuil: grief, bereavement

• Vingt enfants ont été tués dans une école primaire américaine.  Donc le président Obama a ordonné la mise en berne des drapeaux en signe de deuil.

en berne: [lit] at half-mast; [fig] falting, staggering

• On ne comptait plus les minutes de silence dans les institutions officielles, notamment en prélude à des rencontres politiques ou les drapeaux mis en berne.

• Il faut aussi retrouver l'intimité qu'une libido en berne a laissé s'éteindre.

Gamahouche

Gamahouche or gamahuche.   I came across this archaic term in, unlikely though it is, a modern urban murder mystery by highly lauded novelist Lawrence Block (in Burglars Can't Be Choosers, 1977).

It seems to be a Victorian term for cunniligus:

I was sliding the final drawer back in the desk when Ray asked, "What the hell does gamahouche mean?"

I made him spell it, then took the book away from him and looked for myself.  "I think it means to go down on a girl," I said.

I find it on the web at this Fark discussion, the Urban Dictionary of all things (it's usually a source for invented silliness or poorly written insults), the Wiktionary, and this rather steamy Victorian novel.

I shall endeavor to insert this word (heh heh) into modern parlance as often as mores allow.

Its etymology is unclear.