diff --git a/src/engine/engine.test.ts b/src/engine/engine.test.ts
index 8a6c75f..7c14977 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.test.ts
+++ b/src/engine/engine.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ describe("currency", () => {
     expect(calc("$10 + $5")).toBe("$15");
     expect(calc("$10 + 20%")).toBe("$12");
   });
+  it("GBP↔RUB via natural phrases", () => {
+    // "sterling" and "quid" as English shortcuts (bare "pounds" is weight, not GBP)
+    expect(calc("100 sterling in RUB")).toBe("40,000 ₽");
+    expect(calc("100 quid in rubles")).toBe("40,000 ₽");
+    // Russian: "стерлинг" (bare "фунт" is weight unit, not GBP)
+    expect(calc("100 стерлингов в рублях")).toBe("40,000 ₽");
+    // existing multi-word forms still work
+    expect(calc("100 GBP in RUB")).toBe("40,000 ₽");
+    expect(calc("£100 in RUB")).toBe("40,000 ₽");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("numeral systems", () => {
diff --git a/src/engine/vocab-data.ts b/src/engine/vocab-data.ts
index d3727cd..27890c5 100644
--- a/src/engine/vocab-data.ts
+++ b/src/engine/vocab-data.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export const EN: VocabLocale = {
     "FKP.format": "£ %@",
     "FKP.variants": "Falkland Islands Pounds,Falkland Islands Pound,Falkland Pounds",
     "GBP.format": "£ %@",
-    "GBP.variants": "Pound sterling,Pounds sterling,£,￡,british pound,british pounds",
+    "GBP.variants": "Pound sterling,Pounds sterling,£,￡,british pound,british pounds,sterling,sterlings,quid,quids",
     "GEL.format": "%@ lari",
     "GEL.variants": "Lari,Georgian Lari",
     "GHS.format": "GH₵ %@",
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ export const RU: VocabLocale = {
     "FKP.format": "%@ £",
     "FKP.variants": "Фунт Фолклендских островов,Фолклендский фунт,Фолклендских фунтов,Фолклендских фунтах",
     "GBP.format": "%@ £",
-    "GBP.variants": "Фунт стерлингов,Фунтов стерлингов,Фунтах стерлингов,Британский фунт,Британских фунтов,Фунт,Фунтов,Британских фунтах,Фунтах",
+    "GBP.variants": "Фунт стерлингов,Фунтов стерлингов,Фунтах стерлингов,Британский фунт,Британских фунтов,Британских фунтах,стерлинг,стерлинга,стерлингов,стерлинги,стерлингам,стерлингами,стерлингах",
     "GEL.variants": "Грузинский лари,Лари",
     "GHS.format": "%@ GH₵",
     "GHS.variants": "Ганский седи,Седи",