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вести́

verb, imperfective
Partner повести́
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lead

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to behave (oneself)

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to keep a diary

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drive

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Я нашёл дневни́к, кото́рый мой оте́ц вёл в тече́ние 30 лет. I found my father's diary that he kept for 30 years.
Вы ведёте дневни́к? Do you keep a diary?
Когда-то она вела́ дневни́к, но сейчас не ведёт. She used to keep a diary, but doesn't anymore.
Па́ра вела́ счастли́вую жизнь. The couple led a happy life.
Он ведёт дневни́к на англи́йском языке́. He keeps a diary in English.
Мне нра́вится то, как вы ведёте себя со мной. I love the way you treat me.
Куда ведёт э́та у́лица? Where does this street lead to?
Семидесятиле́тний мужчи́на держа́л свою́ двадцатиле́тнюю жену́ всё вре́мя дома — он вёл себя как соба́ка на се́не. The seventy-year-old man kept his twenty-year-old wife at home all the time; he had a dog-in-the-manger attitude.
Том ведёт себя как ребёнок. Tom is acting like a child.
Мы не ведём переговоры с террори́стами. We don't negotiate with terrorists.

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Conjugation

	Present	Future
я	веду́	бу́ду вести́
ты	ведёшь	бу́дешь вести́
он/она́/оно́	ведёт	бу́дет вести́
мы	ведём	бу́дем вести́
вы	ведёте	бу́дете вести́
они́	веду́т	бу́дут вести́