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head russian

  • пойти́

    to go (on foot), to set off, to head (for), to walk

    to start, to begin, to get going, to set in

    to take after (someone), to turn out like (someone)

    to do, to be all right, to be okay

  • голова́

    head

    mind, brains, head

    chief, head, leader

  • гла́вный

    main, most important

    chief, head

  • отпра́виться

    to set off, to set out, to go, to head (for)

    to depart

    to be sent, to go out

  • нача́льник

    boss, chief, head, superior

  • босс

    boss, chief, master

    leader, head, kingpin

  • дире́ктор

    director, manager, head, principal

  • хозя́ин

    owner, proprietor, holder

    boss, employer, master, chief

    host, landlord (of an inn)

    master of the house, head of the household, landlord

    husband, man of the house

    host, master

  • отправля́ться

    to set out, to depart, to leave, to start off

    to go, to make one's way, to head (for)

    to be sent, to be dispatched

  • глава́

    head, chief, leader

    chapter

    cupola, dome

  • заговори́ть

    to begin to speak, to start talking, to speak up

    to address (someone), to speak to (someone), to strike up a conversation

    to talk someone's head off, to distract with talk, to talk round, to smooth-talk

    to cast a spell on, to bewitch, to enchant, to charm away (pain)

  • вы́нести

    to carry out, to take out, to bring out, to remove

    to endure, to bear, to stand

    to pass (a verdict), to render, to pronounce

    to submit, to bring forward, to put (to a vote)

    to transfer, to move (elsewhere), to place outside

    to get, to gain, to take away (a lesson)

    to drive somebody crazy, to do somebody's head in, to wear somebody out

  • головно́й

    head, encephalic, cerebral, leading

  • потеря́ться

    to get lost, to lose one's way

    to be lost, to go missing

    to be at a loss, to lose one's head, to become flustered

    to be lost (among), to fade away, to be drowned out

  • ски́дка

    discount, price reduction, rebate

    allowance, concession, indulgence

    flick-on with the head, short header pass

  • башка́

    noggin, head

  • со́ня

    sleepyhead, drowsy-head, late riser

    dormouse

  • проти́вный

    disgusting, nasty, repulsive

    contrary, opposite, opposing

    adverse, head (wind)

  • кружи́ться

    to whirl, to spin, to circle, to go round in circles

    to be dizzy, to spin (of one's head)

    to wander about, to roam around

  • взду́мать

    to take it into one's head, to decide (suddenly), to get the idea

    to not dare (do sth), to not even think of (doing sth)

  • зате́ять

    to start, to undertake, to get going on

    to pick (a quarrel), to instigate, to hatch (a plot)

    to decide (to do), to take it into one's head (to do), to venture (to do)

  • перехвати́ть

    to intercept, to head off, to catch

    to grip anew, to grasp around

    to grab a bite

  • возомни́ть

    to fancy oneself (as), to imagine oneself to be, to think oneself (to be)

    to think highly of oneself, to get a big head, to become conceited

  • возгла́вить

    to head, to lead, to take charge of

    to top (a list), to come first in

  • заты́лок

    back of the head, nape, occiput

  • возглавля́ть

    to head, to lead, to be in charge of, to preside over

    to top, to lead, to be at the top of

  • голо́вка

    head (of a nail or bolt), head (of cabbage), bulb (of garlic), tip

    little head

    leadership, top brass, big shots

    vamp (of a boot)

  • старшина́

    sergeant major, first sergeant, master sergeant

    petty officer

    elder, head, foreman

  • свихну́ться

    to go crazy, to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go off one's head

    to go astray, to go wrong, to go off the rails

  • сбой

    failure, malfunction, breakdown, glitch

    disruption, hitch, interruption

    losing the step, falling out of step, break in rhythm

    offal, head and trotters and entrails

  • нача́льница

    head, chief, superior

  • встре́чный

    oncoming, head-on, contrary (wind)

    counter-, reciprocal, in response

    the first person one meets, passer-by one runs into

  • кача́ть

    to rock, to swing, to sway

    to shake (one's head), to move back and forth

    to pump, to pump out

    to download

  • ста́роста

    monitor (of a class), class representative, group leader

    village elder, headman, village head

  • вреза́ться

    to crash into, to run into, to collide with, to smash into

    to cut into, to dig into, to penetrate

    to be engraved (in the memory), to stick (in one's mind)

    to fall head over heels in love, to be madly in love

  • махну́ть

    to wave, to give a wave, to wave to (someone)

    to swing, to brandish, to flourish

    to give up on, to wash one's hands of, to dismiss with a wave

    to dash off, to head off, to rush off (to a place)

    to leap, to jump (over), to vault

    to knock back (a drink), to down (a shot)

    to swap, to trade, to exchange

  • взду́маться

    to come into one's head

  • шеф-по́вар

    chef, head-cook

  • включа́ться

    to come on, to switch on, to turn on, to start up

    to join in, to get involved, to take part

    to be included, to be part of

    to catch on, to get it, to get one's head around it

  • боеголо́вка

    war-head

  • личи́нка

    larva, grub, maggot, bolt head

  • задира́ть

    to lift up, to pull up, to tilt back (head)

    to tease, to pick on, to provoke, to bully

    to tear, to rip, to maul (of a predator)

  • висо́к

    temple (head)

  • растеря́ться

    to become confused, to be bewildered, to lose one's head

    to get lost (bit by bit), to go missing

  • заруби́ть

    to hack to death, to cut down, to hew down, to slay

    to notch, to cut a notch in, to score

    to get it into one's head, to remember once and for all

    to undercut (a seam), to shear

  • мота́ть

    to wind, to wind up, to reel

    to shake (one's head), to wag, to swing

    to squander, to waste, to blow (money)

    to beat it, to clear off, to get lost

  • подава́ться

    to be served

    to be submitted, to be handed in, to be given

    to give way, to yield, to budge, to move slightly

    to set off, to head off, to make one's way

    to be transferred

  • на́сморк

    cold (in the head), runny nose, sniffles

  • застрева́ть

    to get stuck, to get caught, to become stuck fast

    to be held up, to be delayed, to get stranded

    to stick (in one's head), to get stuck (in one's mind)

  • узда́

    head harness for horses

  • покача́ть

    to shake (one's head), to give a shake

    to rock (for a while), to swing (for a while), to dandle

    to pump (for a while)

    to download

  • заве́дующий

    manager, head, director, boss

  • взбрести́

    to come into one's head, to occur to (someone)

    to trudge up, to clamber up, to struggle up

  • напо́р

    pressure, head (of water), force (of a jet)

    onslaught, onrush, pressure (of an attack)

    drive, push, forcefulness

  • пода́ться

    to move (slightly), to shift, to lean

    to yield, to give way

    to set out for, to head for, to go off to

  • ре́ктор

    rector (head of university)

  • преклони́ть

    to bow, to bend (one's head/knee), to kneel (in reverence)

  • преклоня́ться

    to revere, to worship, to admire

    to bow down (before somebody), to bow one's head, to kneel

  • покрыва́ло

    bedspread, coverlet, bedcover

    veil, shawl (covering the head)

  • тара́н

    battering ram, ram

    ramming, ram attack, head-on attack

    ram, ram bow

  • назрева́ть

    to ripen, to become ripe, to mature, to come to a head

  • прокрути́ть

    to scroll

    to play, to play back, to put on

    to turn, to spin, to rotate

    to run through (in one's mind), to turn over (in one's head)

    to turn over (money), to put into circulation

  • вскружи́ть

    to go to your head

  • за́вуч

    head teacher

  • главвра́ч

    chief doctor, head physician, medical director

  • склоня́ть

    to bend, to tilt, to bow (one's head), to lower

    to persuade, to win over, to talk into, to incite

    to decline

    to bandy about (someone's name), to keep dragging through the mud

  • шевелю́ра

    chevelure, head of hair

  • торма́шки

    head over heels (in phrases like 'to fall head over heels'), upside down, helter-skelter

  • зав

    head, manager, boss, director

  • приста́в

    The shape of the connection between the head or neck and the breast in animals

  • черепу́шка

    head, skull, noggin

    small bowl, small pot, jug, cup

  • вы́ветриться

    to air out, to dissipate, to evaporate, to blow away

    to fade (from memory), to slip out of one's head

    to weather, to be weathered, to erode

  • метрдоте́ль

    head waiter, maître d', maître d'hôtel, restaurant manager

  • заморо́чить

    to mess with (someone's head), to confuse, to bamboozle, to muddle

    to fool, to dupe, to take in, to string along

  • правите́льница

    ruler (female), sovereign (female), regent (female)

    manageress, head (female), administrator (female)

  • голо́вушка

    little head, head (affectionate)

    poor soul, poor fellow

  • коча́н

    head (of cabbage), cabbage head

    cob (of corn), ear (of corn)

    head, noggin, nut

  • раскрои́ть

    to cut out (fabric), to cut to a pattern

    to split open (someone's head), to gash badly

  • душево́й

    shower

    per capita, per head

  • подзаты́льник

    clip on the back of the head

  • угора́ть

    to crack up, to roar with laughter, to be in stitches

    to make fun of (someone), to poke fun at (someone)

    to have fun, to party, to have a blast

    to go crazy, to lose one's mind, to be out of one's head

    to get carbon monoxide poisoning, to be overcome by fumes

  • обостря́ть

    to aggravate, to exacerbate, to bring to a head

    to sharpen, to heighten, to intensify

  • плешь

    bald head, bald pate

    bald patch, bare spot

    bell-end, glans

  • наклоня́ть

    to tilt, to incline, to tip

    to bend, to lower, to bow (one's head)

  • преклоня́ть

    to bow (one's head), to bend (one's knee), to incline, to lower

    to bow down before, to revere, to worship, to admire

  • теменно́й

    parietal, of the crown of the head

  • назре́ть

    to ripen, to become ripe, to mature, to come to a head

  • обостри́ть

    to aggravate, to exacerbate, to bring to a head

    to sharpen, to heighten, to intensify

  • запроки́нуть

    to throw back (head)

  • руководи́тельница

    directress, female head, female leader, female manager

  • заведующая

    director, chief, head, manager

  • мажордо́м

    majordomo, butler, head steward

  • пони́кнуть

    to droop, to hang down, to slump, to let (one's head) hang

    to wilt, to wither, to droop (of plants)

  • черепо́к

    shard, potsherd, crock, piece of broken crockery

    skull, head, noggin

    small earthenware pot, little jug

  • поголо́вье

    livestock, number of head, head count, stock (of animals)

  • почта́мт

    head post-office

  • галью́н

    head, lavatory, toilet

  • гандика́п

    handicap, head start

    handicap race, handicap

  • манове́ние

    wave of the hand, beckoning gesture, sign with the hand

    nod, nod of the head

    blink of an eye, instant

  • подголо́вник

    head-rest

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