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“Nichevo - literally “never mind’ - is a word you’ll find useful. Russians are used to using it, and you’ll get along a lot better if you use it too. It sort of means what the hell or forget about it. Russians say nichevo for almost anything that doesn’t work. It’s almost expected that there will be a TV set in a hotel room without a plug. Nichevo. Or the elevator never arrives. Nichevo. Or if the phone has only static in it.” He looked at the case, begging for a response from them, and the class called out in unison, laughingly, “Nichevo.”