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умере́ть

verb, perfective
Partner умира́ть
often used word (#558)

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die

Also: pass away, depart, be dead

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Один из близнецо́в жив, но второй у́мер. One of the twins is alive, but the other is dead.
Мой оте́ц у́мер от ра́ка. My father died of cancer.
Мэрилин Монро у́мерла 33 года назад. Marilyn Monroe died 33 years ago.
Уже прошло́ десять лет с тех пор, как оте́ц у́мер. It's already been ten years since my father passed away.
Лу́чше бы я у́мер. I wish myself dead.
Лу́чше я умру́ с го́лоду, чем буду рабо́тать под его руково́дством. I would rather starve than work under him.
Я бы скорее у́мер, чем сде́лал что-то настолько нече́стное. I would rather die than do such an unfair thing.
Он у́мер от серде́чного при́ступа. He died of a heart attack.
Он у́мер для того́, чтобы мы могли́ жить. He died, so we might live.
Живо́тные у́мерли одно за одним. One after another the animals died.