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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).

сжать

verb, perfective
Partner сжима́ть, жать
somewhat often used word (#3780)

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Я сжал его ру́ку. I squeezed his hand.
Она сжа́ла своего́ ребёнка в рука́х. She clutched her baby in her arms.
Он сжал её пле́чи. He squeezed her shoulders.
Я сжал твою́ ру́ку, пока она не покрасне́ла. I gripped your arm until it reddened.
Он крепко сжал те́ннисную раке́тку. He gripped the tennis racket tightly.
Она сжа́ла его ру́ку. She squeezed his hand.
Он сжал её ру́ку. He squeezed her hand.
Том сжал гу́бку. Tom squeezed the sponge.
Том сжал ру́ку Мэри. Tom squeezed Mary's hand.
Он сжал мою ру́ку. He gripped my hand.