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head russian

  • голова́

    head

    mind, brains, head

    chief, head, leader

  • 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

  • гла́вный

    main, most important

    chief, head

  • нача́льник

    boss, chief, head, superior

  • 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

  • глава́

    head, chief, leader

    chapter

    cupola, dome

  • дире́ктор

    director, manager, head, principal

  • отпра́виться

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

    to depart

    to be sent, to go out

  • 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)

  • старшина́

    sergeant major, first sergeant, master sergeant

    petty officer

    elder, head, foreman

  • 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

  • заты́лок

    back of the head, nape, occiput

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • растеря́ться

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

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

  • головно́й

    head, encephalic, cerebral, leading

  • проти́вный

    disgusting, nasty, repulsive

    contrary, opposite, opposing

    adverse, head (wind)

  • перехвати́ть

    to intercept, to head off, to catch

    to grip anew, to grasp around

    to grab a bite

  • кача́ть

    to rock, to swing, to sway

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

    to pump, to pump out

    to download

  • башка́

    noggin, head

  • 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)

  • висо́к

    temple (head)

  • 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

  • пода́ться

    to move (slightly), to shift, to lean

    to yield, to give way

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

  • заве́дующий

    manager, head, director, boss

  • встре́чный

    oncoming, head-on, contrary (wind)

    counter-, reciprocal, in response

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

  • возглавля́ть

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

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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • вило́к

    head of cabbage

  • 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)

  • 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

  • ра́ка

    shrine, reliquary, tomb (of a saint)

    good-for-nothing, empty-head, scoundrel

    raw distillate, low wine, home-distilled spirit

  • напо́р

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

    onslaught, onrush, pressure (of an attack)

    drive, push, forcefulness

  • возгла́вить

    to head, to lead, to take charge of

    to top (a list), to come first in

  • покрыва́ло

    bedspread, coverlet, bedcover

    veil, shawl (covering the head)

  • босс

    boss, chief, master

    leader, head, kingpin

  • 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

  • исподло́бья

    sullenly, frowningly, with a scowl, distrustfully

    from under one's brows, with one's head lowered

  • 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

  • ски́дка

    discount, price reduction, rebate

    allowance, concession, indulgence

    flick-on with the head, short header pass

  • заде́л

    groundwork, head start, foundation laid, basis for further work

    reserve, stock, margin, work in progress

    backlog

  • запроки́нуть

    to throw back (head)

  • голова́н

    brainy person, smart head, clever fellow

    person with a big head

  • 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

  • пони́кнуть

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

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

  • заведующая

    director, chief, head, manager

  • 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)

  • черепо́к

    shard, potsherd, crock, piece of broken crockery

    skull, head, noggin

    small earthenware pot, little jug

  • шевелю́ра

    chevelure, head of hair

  • 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

  • сбой

    failure, malfunction, breakdown, glitch

    disruption, hitch, interruption

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

    offal, head and trotters and entrails

  • ре́ктор

    rector (head of university)

  • раис

    chairman, head, leader

  • за́вуч

    head teacher

  • приста́в

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

  • втолко́вывать

    to knock into someone's head, to drum into someone, to hammer into someone

  • душево́й

    shower

    per capita, per head

  • плешь

    bald head, bald pate

    bald patch, bare spot

    bell-end, glans

  • 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

  • зав

    head, manager, boss, director

  • тара́н

    battering ram, ram

    ramming, ram attack, head-on attack

    ram, ram bow

  • 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

  • назрева́ть

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

  • личи́нка

    larva, grub, maggot, bolt head

  • потупи́ть

    to downcast, to droop

    to lower (one's eyes or head), to cast down (one's eyes), to hang (one's head)

  • наклоня́ть

    to tilt, to incline, to tip

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

  • 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)

  • взду́маться

    to come into one's head

  • взбрести́

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

    to trudge up, to clamber up, to struggle up

  • бритоголо́вый

    shaved-head, skinhead, bald-headed

  • запороши́ть

    to cover lightly, to dust (with snow), to powder

    to get into (the eyes), to blind (with dust)

    to be not quite right in the head, to be off one's rocker

  • коча́н

    head (of cabbage), cabbage head

    cob (of corn), ear (of corn)

    head, noggin, nut

  • подзаты́льник

    clip on the back of the head

  • 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

  • главвра́ч

    chief doctor, head physician, medical director

  • 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

  • узда́

    head harness for horses

  • поголо́вный

    reckoned by the head, capitation, general

  • метрдоте́ль

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

  • преклоня́ться

    to revere, to worship, to admire

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

  • голо́вушка

    little head, head (affectionate)

    poor soul, poor fellow

  • нача́льница

    head, chief, superior

  • заморо́чить

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

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

  • больша́к

    highroad, main road, country highway

    head of the family, head of the household

    great tit

  • выка́тываться

    to roll out, to roll away

    to bulge out, to protrude, to start out of one's head

    to become smooth, to be rolled smooth

  • боеголо́вка

    war-head

  • зака́тываться

    to roll (under something), to roll away

    to set, to go down

    to wane, to decline

    to go off (somewhere), to head off

  • почта́мт

    head post-office

  • ма́ковка

    cupola, onion dome, church dome

    poppy head, poppy capsule, poppy seed pod

    crown of the head, top, summit, treetop

    poppy seed candy, poppy seed sweet

  • обостри́ть

    to aggravate, to exacerbate, to bring to a head

    to sharpen, to heighten, to intensify

  • 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

  • обостря́ть

    to aggravate, to exacerbate, to bring to a head

    to sharpen, to heighten, to intensify

  • большеголо́вый

    with a large head, macrocephalous

  • назре́ть

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

  • шлемофо́н

    helmet with earphones, intercom head-set, combined head-set and laryngophone

  • галью́н

    head, lavatory, toilet

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