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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

  • де́йствие

    action, act, deed, activity

    effect, impact, influence

    force, validity, effect

    act

    plot, action, story

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • за́пись

    recording, record

    entry, note, record

    writing down, recording (act)

    booking, registration, enrolment

    notation

  • 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

  • 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)

  • посту́пок

    act, deed, action

  • спекта́кль

    play, performance, show

    spectacle, show, act, scene

  • акт

    act, deed, document, statement

  • изобража́ть

    to depict, to portray, to show

    to describe, to portray (in words)

    to act as, to pretend to be, to imitate

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • заста́ть

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

    to catch (in the act), to catch out

  • наси́лие

    violence, force, coercion

    act of violence, violent crime

  • га́дость

    disgusting thing, nasty stuff, filth, muck

    disgusting act, vile act, dirty trick

    vileness, abomination, meanness, beastliness

  • 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

  • по́длость

    meanness, baseness, vileness

    dirty trick, mean act, base deed

  • поде́йствовать

    to act

  • полномо́чие

    authority, powers, competence, remit

    authorization to act, proxy

  • 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

  • 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)

  • жени́тьба

    the act of marriage

  • писа́ние

    writing, act of writing

    Scripture

    piece of writing, written document

  • 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)

  • 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

  • дея́ние

    deed, act

    act, offence

  • 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

  • прики́дываться

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

    to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to act stupid

  • любе́зность

    courtesy, kindness, amiability

    favour, kind act, obligingness

    compliment, polite remark

  • 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

  • засти́гнуть

    to catch, to overtake, to take by surprise

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

  • аттракцио́н

    amusement ride, fairground attraction, ride

    attraction, star turn, circus act, highlight

  • притвори́ться

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

  • соде́ять

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • тера́кт

    act of terrorism, terrorist attack

  • геро́йство

    heroism, act of heroism

  • взаимоде́йствовать

    to interact, to act reciprocally, to co-operate

  • кривля́ться

    to make faces, to grimace, to clown around

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

  • засту́кать

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

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

  • ни́зость

    baseness, meanness, vileness

    base act, mean trick, dirty trick

  • замеща́ть

    to replace, to substitute

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

    to displace, to supersede, to oust

  • уголо́вщина

    criminal act

  • подвиза́ться

    to work, to act

  • гну́сность

    infamy, vileness, foulness, act of infamy

  • 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

  • председа́тельствовать

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

  • 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

  • клоуна́да

    clown act, clown routine, clown show

    clownery, buffoonery, clowning around, farce

  • блажи́ть

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

    to call blessed, to extol

  • двуха́ктный

    two-act

  • дееспосо́бность

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

    capability, ability to function, capacity for work, efficiency

  • жонглёрство

    sleight-of-hand, juggling (with facts), trickery

    juggling, juggling act

  • злоде́йствовать

    to act villainously

  • одноа́ктный

    one-act

  • оппони́ровать

    to act as opponent, to oppose

  • опроме́тчивость

    rashness, recklessness, imprudence, hastiness

    rash act, impulsive move

  • оригина́льничать

    to put on an act, to have affected manners

  • патрони́ровать

    to patronize, to sponsor, to act as patron of

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

  • 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

  • по́дличать

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

  • посре́дничать

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

  • представи́тельствовать

    to act as representative, to deputize

  • 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

  • скоморо́шничать

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

    to be a wandering minstrel, to work as a jester

  • суфли́ровать

    to prompt, to act as prompter

    to prompt, to feed the answers to

  • адвока́тствовать

    to advocate, to act as a lawyer

  • побеснова́ться

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

  • побуя́нить

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

  • переи́грывание

    replaying, replay (the act of)

    overacting, exaggeration

  • 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)

  • геро́йствовать

    to act heroically, to be a hero

  • согляда́тайствовать

    to spy, to act as a spy, to scout, to reconnoiter

  • выде́лываться

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

  • жидо́вствовать

    to act like a kike (derogatory, antisemitic), to behave in a stereotypical, to pejorative 'Jewish' manner (implying greed, cunning, or manipulation)

  • командирова́ние

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

  • комиссионе́рствовать

    to act as a commission agent, to deal on commission, to do commission business

  • лиси́ть

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

  • оседлание

    saddling, the act of saddling

  • ры́царствовать

    to act chivalrously, to behave like a knight

  • седло́вка

    saddling, the act of saddling

  • поскро́мничать

    to be a little modest, to act modestly

  • сумасше́ствовать

    to act like a madman

  • 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

  • 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

  • нахулига́нить

    to commit a malicious act of hooliganism

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