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откры́ть

verb, perfective
Partner открыва́ть
often used word (#428)

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open

Also: clear, uncover, bare, inaugurate, discover, let out, reveal

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Билл, откро́й дверь. Bill, open the door.
Я откры́л счёт на и́мя свое́й до́чери. I opened an account in my daughter's name.
Он откры́л дверь. He opened the door.
Я не зна́ю, чем откры́ть. I don't know what to open it with.
Она откры́ла окно́, хотя я сказа́л ей э́того не де́лать. She opened the window, though I told her not to.
Оте́ц попроси́л меня откры́ть дверь. Father asked me to open the door.
Мне нечем откры́ть консе́рвную ба́нку. I have nothing to open the can with.
Откро́йте дверь. Open the door!
Она откры́ла дверь. She opened the door.
Когда Колумб откры́л Америку, бизо́ны (Америка́нские бу́йволы) населя́ли обши́рные террито́рии. When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.