Comprehensive English-Russian Vocabulary and Definitions

Communication and Social Interaction Verbs

Beg: Defined as to implore or entreat (Russian: умолять, просить).
Blame: To assign responsibility for a fault or wrong (Russian: винить).
Forgive: To stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake (Russian: прощать).
Interrupt: To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process; specifically used in the context of stopping someone while they are speaking (Russian: прерывать).
Swear: To make a solemn statement or promise undertaking to do something or affirming that something is true (Russian: клясться or ругаться).
Whisper: To speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat, especially for the sake of secrecy (Russian: шептать).
Excuse: To seek or grant exemption from a duty or obligation; to forgive (Russian: извинять).
Insist: To demand something forcefully, not accepting a refusal (Russian: настаивать).
Inspire: To fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially something creative (Russian: вдохновлять).
Offend: To cause someone to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful (Russian: обижать, оскорблять).
Advise: To offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone (Russian: советовать).
Warn: To inform someone in advance of an impending or possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant circumstance (Russian: предупреждать).
Persuade: To convince someone to do something through reasoning or argument (Russian: убеждать).
Remind: To cause someone to remember someone or something (Russian: напоминать).
Pray: To address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship (Russian: молиться).
Admit: To confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance (Russian: признавать).
Participate: To take part in an action or endeavor (Russian: участвовать).
Admire: To regard with respect or warm approval (Russian: восхищаться).

Cognitive and Mental State Verbs

Recall: To bring a fact, event, or situation back into one's mind, especially so as to recount it to others (Russian: вспоминать).
Suspect: To have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of something without certain proof (Russian: подозревать).
Intend: To have a course of action as one's purpose or objective; plan (Russian: намереваться).
Deserve: To be worthy of (Russian: заслуживать).
Impress: To make someone feel admiration and respect (Russian: впечатлять).
Regret: To feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been done (Russian: сожалеть).
Rely: To depend on with full trust or confidence (Russian: полагаться).
Wonder: To desire to know something or feel curious (Russian: интересоваться, удивляться).
Appreciate: To recognize the full worth of (Russian: ценить).
Assume: To suppose to be the case, without proof (Russian: предполагать).
Underestimate: To estimate something to be smaller or less important than it actually is (Russian: недооценивать).
Reflect: To think deeply or carefully about (Russian: размышлять).
Doubt: To feel uncertain about (Russian: сомневаться).
Expect: To regard something as likely to happen (Russian: ожидать).

Action, Process, and Movement Verbs

Bet: To risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event (Russian: держать пари).
Burn: To be consumed by fire or emit heat (Russian: гореть).
Settle: This verb carries dual meanings: to establish a residence (Russian: поселить) or to resolve/reach an agreement regarding a dispute (Russian: урегулировать).
Submit: To accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person (Russian: подчиняться, подавать).
Surround: To be all around someone or something (Russian: окружать).
Tear: To pull or rip something apart or to pieces with force (Russian: рвать).
Adopt: To choose to take up, follow, or use; also to legally take another's child and bring it up as one's own (Russian: принимать, усыновлять).
Threaten: To state one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution (Russian: угрожать).
Disturb: To interrupt the quiet, rest, or settled condition of (Russian: тревожить).
Clear: To remove obstructions or unwanted items; to make clean (Russian: очищать).
Treat: To behave toward or deal with in a certain way; also to give medical care (Russian: относиться, лечить).
Wrap: To cover or enclose something in paper or soft material (Russian: заворачивать).
Cure: To relieve a person or animal of the symptoms of a disease or condition (Russian: излечивать, вылечить).
Approach: To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time (Russian: приближаться).
Deny: To state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of something (Russian: отрицать).
Melt: To become liquid by heat (Russian: таять).
Handle: To manage, deal with, or be responsible for (Russian: справляться).
Lean: To be in or move into a sloping position; to rest against something for support (Russian: наклоняться, опираться).
Recover: To return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength (Russian: восстанавливаться).
Rest: To cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength (Russian: отдыхать).
Rid: To make someone or something free of an unwanted person or thing (Russian: избавляться).
Rush: To move with urgent haste (Russian: спешить).
Satisfy: To meet the expectations, needs, or desires of someone (Russian: удовлетворять).
Scream: To give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing excitement, great emotion, or pain (Russian: кричать).
Seek: To attempt to find something (Russian: искать).
Stare: To look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open (Russian: глазеть, пристально смотреть).
Select: To carefully choose as being the best or most suitable (Russian: выбирать).
Invade: To enter a country or region so as to subjugate or occupy it (Russian: вторгаться).
Pretend: To speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not (Russian: притворяться).
Punish: To inflict a penalty or sanction on someone as retribution for an offense (Russian: наказывать).
Frighten: To make someone afraid or anxious (Russian: пугать).
Chop: To cut something into pieces with repeated sharp blows (Russian: рубить).
Sweep: To clean an area by brushing away dirt or litter (Russian: подметать).
Dig: To break up and move earth with a tool or hands (Russian: копать).
Contribute: To give something, especially money, in order to help achieve or provide something (Russian: вносить вклад).
Defend: To resist an attack made on someone or something (Russian: защищать).
Resist: To withstand the action or effect of (Russian: сопротивляться).
Reveal: To make previously unknown or secret information known to others (Russian: раскрывать).
Gain: To obtain or secure something wanted or advantageous (Russian: получать, приобретать).
Grab: To seize or grasp something suddenly and roughly (Russian: хватать).
Hesitate: To pause before saying or doing something, usually through uncertainty (Russian: колебаться).
Launch: To start or set in motion (Russian: запускать).
Entertain: To provide with amusement or enjoyment (Russian: развлекать).
Fire: Dual meaning: to discharge an employee from a job or to set fire to something (Russian: увольнять, поджигать).
Hire: To employ someone for wages; to pay for the temporary use of something (Russian: нанимать, арендовать).
Attract: To cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest (Russian: привлекать).
Shine: To beam or glow with light (Russian: сиять).
Suit: To be convenient for or acceptable to; to look good on someone (Russian: подходить).
Hang: To suspend or be suspended from above with no support from below (Russian: вешать).
Hurry: To move or act with great haste (Russian: спешить).
Wave: To move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal (Russian: махать).
Breathe: To take air into the lungs and then expel it (Russian: дышать).
Suffer: To experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant (Russian: страдать).
Retire: To leave one's job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving service (Russian: уходить на пенсию).

General Nouns, Adjectives, and Phrases

Date: A social or romantic appointment; a particular day of the month or year (Russian: свидание, дата).
Trust: Belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something (Russian: доверять, доверие).
Bother: To take the trouble to do something; to annoy or worry (Russian: беспокоить).
On Purpose: Doing something intentionally, not by accident (Russian: нарочно).
Reschedule: To change the time or date of a planned event (Russian: перенести).
Arrange: To put things in a neat, attractive, or required order; to organize (Russian: договориться, организовать).
Discount: A deduction from the usual cost of something (Russian: скидка).
Adroit: Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind (Russian: ловкий).
Superficial: Existing or occurring at or on the surface (Russian: поверхностный).
Charming: Pleasant or attractive (Russian: очаровательный).
Influence: The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something (Russian: влияние).
Fear: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous (Russian: бояться).
Tense: Stretched tight or rigid; nervous and unable to relax (Russian: напряженный).
Cautiously: Moving or acting with care to avoid danger or mistakes (Russian: осторожно).
Approve: To believe that someone or something is good or acceptable (Russian: одобрять).
Fancy: To feel a desire or liking for (Russian: нравиться, воображать).
Afford: To have enough money to pay for (Russian: позволить себе).
Experience: Practical contact with and observation of facts or events (Russian: опыт).
Seat: A thing made or used for sitting on (Russian: место, усаживать).