How do I say, "I feel like I'm behind, and I never understand what is happening/going on?"

Colloquial equivalents I need to list several new words in Arabic. I'd like to learn the colloquial words, but standard is fine, if it's commonly used. It would be great if I could get several regions to write their input, too! Here are the words I'm interested in: military/armed forces awards salute (the act - arm raised, etc.) uniforms deployment Obviously, there's a theme. If you'd like to give me any other useful words, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!!

How do you formally say, "How are you?" And what exactly does, "Как у вас дела" mean? I know that, informally, you can just say, "Как дела," but I need to know what it is in formal situations. And what's the difference with, "как у тебя дела," other than formality? Don't they both mean, "how are you?"

Will someone transcribe the first 45 seconds of this video for me? I can understand most of it, but there are a few words that are throwing me off. It would be so much easier for me to read in. And it can be in Arabic, it doesn't need to be translated. I just can't hear some of what he's saying. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/video_s.php#/0/buswaab_travel/ Thanks!

What's the equivalent of the English, "oh well?"

Where is the stress in познакомиися?

Do these sentences make grammatical sense? Аманда читает о русском искусстве. Тони и Джош думают об интересный музыке. Кейтлин пишет сочинение о татарском культуре. Марат Азатович читает много о спорте и бизнесе. Светлана Борисовна и Соня разговаривают о Джоше. Денис пишет статью об история Россие. Катя и Олег часто разговативают о жизни. I know that prepositional case follows "about," but I don't understand the case of their adjectives. Also, how is разговативать conjugated? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

How do I spell out calendar dates? I know some, like 20 January is Двадцатое Января, etc., but I do not understand the grammar. The number is neuter, nominative? And the month is genitive? So, how would I write out "January 21st," for example?

Can I say надо есть? How do I say, "there must be," or, "it is necessary that there be..."