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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

заня́ть

verb, perfective
Partner занима́ть
somewhat often used word (#1663)

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borrow

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occupy

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Почи́нка компью́тера заняла́ це́лый день. The computer repair took all day.
Они пока в мла́дшей ли́ге, но в самом недалёком бу́дущем они займу́т ме́сто рядом с вами. It's still minor league but in the not so distant future they'll be coming to a place near you.
Э́та рабо́та займёт вдвое больше вре́мени, чем я ожида́л. This job will take twice as long as I expected.
Он пришёл пе́рвым, поэтому за́нял хоро́шее ме́сто. He came first. That's why he got a good seat.
Э́та рабо́та должна́ заня́ть не больше двух часо́в. This job shouldn't take more than a couple of hours.
Мы игра́ли в ка́рты, чтобы заня́ть вре́мя чем-то. We played cards to kill time.
Он за́нял для меня ме́сто. He kept a seat for me.
Похо́д займёт не ме́ньше восьми часо́в. The hike will take no less than eight hours.
Я за́нял 1000 ие́н у моего́ кузе́на. I borrowed 1,000 yen from my cousin.
Э́та рабо́та займёт всего пять дней, если пренебре́чь некоторыми дета́лями. The job will take only five days, if we cut corners.