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  • де́ло

    matter, affair, business, thing

    things, affairs, state of affairs

    work, business, job, occupation

    deed, act, action

    case, court case, file

    field, craft, science, art

    really, actually, in fact, in truth

  • вести́

    to lead, to guide, to take (someone somewhere)

    to drive, to steer, to pilot

    to conduct, to run, to manage, to hold (talks)

    to behave, to conduct oneself, to act

    to keep (a diary), to keep (records), to maintain (accounts)

    to lead (of a road), to go, to run

  • но́мер

    number

    hotel room, room

    issue, edition

    act, turn

    size

  • поступи́ть

    to enroll, to enter, to be admitted, to matriculate

    to act, to behave, to treat (someone), to proceed

    to arrive, to come in, to be received

  • де́йствовать

    to act, to take action, to proceed

    to have an effect, to work, to take effect

    to be in force, to be valid, to apply

  • сыгра́ть

    to play, to have a game of

    to play (a piece), to play (an instrument)

    to act out, to perform, to play (a role)

  • де́йствие

    action, act, deed, activity

    effect, impact, influence

    force, validity, effect

    act

    plot, action, story

  • за́пись

    recording, record

    entry, note, record

    writing down, recording (act)

    booking, registration, enrolment

    notation

  • поступа́ть

    to act, to behave, to proceed

    to arrive, to come in, to be received, to reach

    to enrol, to enter, to matriculate, to join

  • торопи́ться

    to be in a hurry, to hurry, to rush, to hasten

    to be too hasty, to act rashly, to jump (to conclusions)

  • лови́ть

    to catch, to trap

    to catch (out), to catch in the act

    to pick up (a signal), to tune in to

  • выступа́ть

    to perform, to appear (on stage), to play (a gig)

    to speak (publicly), to give a speech, to make one's opinion known

    to advocate (for), to speak out (against), to stand up (for)

    to act as, to serve as, to appear as

    to protrude, to jut out, to stand out, to emerge

  • наси́лие

    violence, force, coercion

    act of violence, violent crime

  • посту́пок

    act, deed, action

  • притвори́ться

    to pretend, to feign, to act as if, to pass oneself off as

  • повести́

    to lead, to guide, to take (someone somewhere)

    to behave, to conduct oneself, to act

    to begin to conduct, to start running, to begin to manage

    to drive, to steer, to pilot

    to skid, to swerve, to warp

  • заста́ть

    to find (sb somewhere), to catch (sb in)

    to catch (in the act), to catch out

  • спекта́кль

    play, performance, show

    spectacle, show, act, scene

  • акт

    act, deed, document, statement

  • исполня́ть

    to carry out, to perform, to execute, to do

    to fulfil, to make come true, to keep (a promise)

    to perform, to play, to sing, to act (a role)

  • снима́ться

    to act in a film, to appear in a movie, to be filmed

    to be photographed, to have one's picture taken, to pose for a photo

    to be cancelled, to be lifted, to be withdrawn

    to come off, to be removable, to detach

    to deregister, to sign off (a register), to check out

  • га́дость

    disgusting thing, nasty stuff, filth, muck

    disgusting act, vile act, dirty trick

    vileness, abomination, meanness, beastliness

  • изобража́ть

    to depict, to portray, to show

    to describe, to portray (in words)

    to act as, to pretend to be, to imitate

  • полномо́чие

    authority, powers, competence, remit

    authorization to act, proxy

  • прики́дываться

    to pretend, to feign, to pose as, to pass oneself off as

    to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to act stupid

  • жени́тьба

    the act of marriage

  • разы́грывать

    to act out, to play (a role), to feign

    to prank, to play a trick on, to mess with (someone)

    to raffle off, to draw (a lottery), to give away by lot

    to play for (a trophy), to contest (a title)

  • поде́йствовать

    to act

  • разыгра́ть

    to act out, to perform, to stage

    to play a trick on, to fool, to prank

    to feign, to put on an act, to play the part of

    to raffle off, to draw lots for

  • засту́кать

    to catch (in the act), to catch red-handed, to nab

    to begin to knock, to begin to clatter, to start tapping

  • изобрази́ть

    to depict, to portray, to represent, to describe

    to imitate, to impersonate, to act out, to play

    to feign, to put on, to show (an emotion)

  • любе́зность

    courtesy, kindness, amiability

    favour, kind act, obligingness

    compliment, polite remark

  • ду́ться

    to sulk, to pout, to be in a huff

    to swell up, to puff up, to balloon

    to give oneself airs, to put on airs, to act important

    to play avidly (cards), to play away at

  • дея́ние

    deed, act

    act, offence

  • аттракцио́н

    amusement ride, fairground attraction, ride

    attraction, star turn, circus act, highlight

  • ме́длить

    to hesitate, to delay, to be slow (to act), to linger

  • пали́ть

    to fire, to shoot, to blaze away

    to scorch, to blaze down, to be scorching hot

    to burn down, to destroy by fire, to raze

    to singe, to burn, to scorch

    to catch red-handed, to catch in the act, to bust

  • писа́ние

    writing, act of writing

    Scripture

    piece of writing, written document

  • взаимоде́йствовать

    to interact, to act reciprocally, to co-operate

  • тупи́ть

    to be slow on the uptake, to act dumb, to be dense

    to run slowly, to lag, to work badly

    to blunt, to dull

  • возде́йствовать

    to influence, to affect, to exert influence on, to bring influence to bear

    to act on, to have an effect on, to take effect on

  • тера́кт

    act of terrorism, terrorist attack

  • сня́ться

    to appear in a film, to act in a film, to play a part (in a film)

    to have one's photo taken, to be photographed

    to deregister, to be taken off the register

    to come off, to set off (from a place), to weigh (anchor)

  • опека́ть

    to look after, to take care of, to watch over, to support

    to be the guardian of, to have guardianship over, to act as trustee for

    to mollycoddle, to be overprotective towards, to patronize

    to mark (an opponent), to cover closely

  • по́длость

    meanness, baseness, vileness

    dirty trick, mean act, base deed

  • замеща́ть

    to replace, to substitute

    to stand in for, to act as deputy for, to deputize for

    to displace, to supersede, to oust

  • погорячи́ться

    to lose one's temper, to get worked up, to flare up, to overreact

    to act rashly, to be too hasty, to speak too soon

  • деять

    to do, to act, to accomplish

  • геро́йствовать

    to act heroically, to be a hero

  • скетч

    sketch, skit

    sketch, quick drawing

    comic act, turn

  • выде́лываться

    to show off, to act up, to put on airs, to be pretentious

  • карау́лить

    to guard, to keep watch over, to watch over

    to lie in wait for, to watch for, to waylay

    to keep a lookout, to act as lookout

  • кривля́ться

    to make faces, to grimace, to clown around

    to be affected, to put on airs, to act coy

  • застава́ть

    to find (at a place), to catch (in), to come upon

    to catch (in the act), to catch unawares, to take by surprise

  • хулига́нить

    to act rowdily, to cause a disturbance, to make trouble, to vandalize

    to behave like a hooligan, to act like a lout, to misbehave

  • ни́зость

    baseness, meanness, vileness

    base act, mean trick, dirty trick

  • председа́тельствовать

    to be act as chairman, to preside, to be in the chair, to take the chair

  • геро́йство

    heroism, act of heroism

  • хозя́йничать

    to keep house, to manage a household, to do the housework

    to lord it, to play the master, to boss around, to act as if one owns the place

  • клоуна́да

    clown act, clown routine, clown show

    clownery, buffoonery, clowning around, farce

  • вы́творить

    to pull off (a stunt, trick), to do something outrageous, to commit (an act)

  • засти́гнуть

    to catch, to overtake, to take by surprise

    to catch, to catch red-handed, to catch in the act

  • гну́сность

    infamy, vileness, foulness, act of infamy

  • подга́дить

    to play a dirty trick (on), to do (someone) a bad turn, to spoil things for

    to spoil, to ruin, to mess up

    to do wrong, to act badly

  • подстраховать

    to back up, to cover (for someone), to secure, to provide a safety net for

    to spot (an athlete), to act as a spotter for

  • дееспосо́бность

    legal capacity, legal competence, capacity to act (in law)

    capability, ability to function, capacity for work, efficiency

  • уголо́вщина

    criminal act

  • ско́тство

    beastliness, brutishness, bestiality

    vile act, rotten thing to do, dirty trick

  • начуди́ть

    to get up to all kinds of nonsense, to do a lot of silly things, to play foolish pranks

    to behave in an odd way, to do strange things, to act eccentrically

  • опроме́тчивость

    rashness, recklessness, imprudence, hastiness

    rash act, impulsive move

  • наигра́ть

    to strum, to pick out (a tune), to play (softly)

    to feign, to affect, to put on (an act)

    to record (music), to lay down (a track)

  • расшали́ться

    to get up to mischief, to start playing pranks, to get out of hand, to become boisterous

    to act up, to play up, to start giving trouble

  • самово́льничать

    to act wilfully

  • побуя́нить

    to make a ruckus, to raise hell, to act up

  • подвиза́ться

    to work, to act

  • лиси́ть

    to be cunning, to be sly, to act like a fox

  • фо́кусничать

    to do conjuring tricks, to perform tricks, to juggle

    to be up to tricks, to play tricks, to pull a fast one, to be devious

    to put on airs, to be capricious, to make a fuss

    to act affectedly, to behave unnaturally, to be overexcited

  • злоде́йствовать

    to act villainously

  • посре́дничать

    to mediate, to act as a go-between, to act as an intermediary

  • засту́канный

    caught red-handed, busted, caught in the act

  • нахулига́нить

    to commit a malicious act of hooliganism

  • поскро́мничать

    to be a little modest, to act modestly

  • одноа́ктный

    one-act

  • оригина́льничать

    to put on an act, to have affected manners

  • выла́мываться

    to put on airs, to be affected, to act up, to make a fuss

    to break out, to come loose, to be broken off

  • блажи́ть

    to be capricious, to indulge whims, to act up, to be eccentric

    to call blessed, to extol

  • соде́ять

    to commit, to perpetrate, to perform (an act)

  • по́дличать

    to act meanly, to act in a mean way, to behave like a scoundrel

  • переи́грывание

    replaying, replay (the act of), playing again

    overacting, exaggerated acting, exaggeration

  • оппони́ровать

    to act as opponent, to oppose

  • патрони́ровать

    to patronize, to sponsor, to act as patron of

    to pack into cartridges, to cartridge (explosives), to fill into casings

  • суфли́ровать

    to prompt, to act as prompter

    to prompt, to feed the answers to

  • наглупи́ть

    to act stupidly, to make a blunder, to do something foolish

  • припуха́ть

    to swell up, to become swollen, to puff up

    to get cheeky, to get above oneself, to act up

    to chill out, to take it easy, to have a rest

    to kip, to crash, to get some sleep

    to get the jitters, to get cold feet, to get scared

    to be gobsmacked, to be flabbergasted, to be blown away

  • адвока́тствовать

    to advocate, to act as a lawyer

  • ры́царствовать

    to act chivalrously, to behave like a knight

  • скоморо́шничать

    to play the buffoon, to clown around, to act the fool

    to be a wandering minstrel, to work as a jester

  • побеснова́ться

    to rage for a while, to act wildly for a bit, to let off steam (wildly)

  • командирова́ние

    secondment, delegation, assignment, business trip (the act of sending)

  • двуха́ктный

    two-act

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