Also, now I am learing about Russian vocabulary. Do you know the vocabulary of clothings in Russian? like how to say shirt..skirt...pants...socks ,etc ?

I came to America a couple of years ago for school, and since i speak English in the social outside setting, my Russian is becoming worse. I speak Russian at home and with friends, but i notice that i am forgetting simple Russian words and sometimes put English Grammer in Russian grammer. How could i stop my Russian from worsening, and how could i imporove my Russian Vocabulary and grammer?

I'm trying to brush up on my Russian (which I studied years ago), and I can read my Cyrillic fine, but I never fully understood what this letter 'Ь' is for.

It shows up in a lot of Russian vocabulary and I don't know how to pronounce it! I usually end up ignoring it, but it becomes a difficulty in spelling Russian words out because I often forget the soft sign.

What purpose does this letter serve?

Can you please give me a short list (or however long you want) of russian vocabulary like thank you, your welcome, bye, hi,colors,etc.
Oops forgot to say thank you

Thank you so much!

I've noticed that my biggest problem with learning Russian has been my inability to remember vocabulary. I can remember (most of) the rules for which gender/case/tense gets what ending, but I spend far too much time looking up words in a dictionary.

Does anyone have any recommendations for effective ways to learn foreign language (particularly Russian) vocabulary? I'm well aware that there's no "shortcut" to learning a language, but maybe some of you have some useful suggestions!

Thanks a lot!