The Russian word она can be translated into English as she or it. It is translated as she when referring to a human being. It is translated as it when referring to an inanimate object. When referring to an animal, it can be translated either as she or it. The word is declined like this:

Here are some sample sentences:

Actually, sometimes она and its other case forms can be translated as ‘them.’ How can that be? Well, it turns out that many berries and vegetables in Russian are referred to by feminine singular collective nouns. When that is the case, it is best to translate them with they/them. For instance:

The Russian word for number is номер. It is used in much the same way as the American version.

Another meaning for it is trick. In my experience this was more a reference to bad behavior.

Этот номер не пройдёт.
This trick won't work.

However, the translation of номер that applies most to my life as a stewardess is hotel room. Four days out of a week I live in various hotels around the country. You would never use "комната" to refer to a room in the hotel.

Иногда номер в отеле большой.
Sometimes the hotel room is large.

Ключ к моему номеру не подходит.
The key to my hotel room doesn't fit.

Я собираюсь остаться в своем номере.
I am planning to stay in my room.

В нашем отеле в Нью-Йорке очень тесные номера.
Our hotel in New York has very small rooms.

While growing up, it seemed to me that every occasion called for gatherings of numerous people. And all of these wonderful people came to our house. Whether it was family, friends, for a meal, or for a weekend, our house had seen many a guest. The Russian word for guest is гость. Russians are a very welcoming people, always willing to do their best for the guest.

Some examples:

Сегодня я жду много гостей.
I am expecting many guests today.

Катин гость, Миша, из Москвы.
Katie's guest Michael is from Moscow.

Я встретила моего гостя на вокзале.
I met my guest at the train station.

The preposition в plus the prepositional plural of гость has the special meaning “to be a guest” or “to be visiting”:

Она была в гостях у него дома.
She was a guest at his house.

If you want to talk about a television program, one word you can use is передача. The word literally means transmission, so it can apply to a radio transmission or a satellite transmission, but in the context of TV it can be simply translated as program. It declines like this:

Russian television broadcasts an amazing mix of things. They show American shows and cartoons, old soap operas like ‘Santa Barbara’ and ‘Dynasty.’ They show Soviet era movies and music videos. Mexican soap operas like «Богатые тоже плачут» “The rich cry, too.” You can find pretty well anything you want.

You ever get so busy that you forget what day of the week it is? I do. With work and school to take up most of my attention, I find myself suddenly realizing that I have no idea what day of the week it is! It's a good thing my phone has a Календарь on it. Yep, in Russian the word for calendar sounds almost identical to its English counterpart. They both originate from the Latin word "kalendae" which means "first day of the month."

Some examples:

Я часто пользуюсь календарём.
I often use a calendar.

Моя мама не может обойтись без календаря под рукой.
My mom is lost without a calendar handy.

У каждого студента должен быть календарь.
Every student must have a calendar.

Андрей, по твоему календарю, когда будет следующий праздник?
Andrew, according to your calendar, when is the next holiday?