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ВИДЕТЬ - СМОТРЕТЬ - НАБЛЮДАТЬ (imperf.):

🔢Видеть (+ accus.)
     [vee-det']
    To see sth/smb

🔻Also colloquial:
• В упор не видеть
  [v u-por ni vi-det']
  Not to see at close range
  Deliberately not to notice
something

Example:
• Да он меня в упор не видит!
[da on mi-nya v u-por ni vi-dit]
🇬🇧 He ignores me deliberately!

🔢Смотреть (на + accus.)
    [sma-tret']
    To look (at smb/sth)

Example:
• Посмотри на себя!
  [pa-sma-tri na si-bya]
  Look at yourself!

🔻Also:
• Смотреть телевизор
   [smat-ret' ti-li-vi-zar]
   To watch tv

⚠️And its colloquial and pretty rude synonym is:
• Зырить
  [zy-rit']

Example:
• Чё зыришь?
  [chyo zy-rish]
  Why are you looking at me?
 
▶️Смотришь в книгу - видишь фигу! (a proverb)

🔢Наблюдать (за + instrum.)
    [na-blu-dat']
    To observe, to watch

Example:
• Мы за тобой наблюдаем.
[my za ta-boy na-blu-da-yim]
🇬🇧We're watching you.

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• Приятного времяпрепровождения! (neut. gen.)
[pri-yat-na-va vre-mi-pri-pra-vazh-de-ni-ya]
SLT: (I wish you) Pleasant pastime!
Have a nice time!

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• Затаив дыхание
[za-ta-if dy-kha-ni-nye]
SLT: Having bated one's breath
With bated breath (in an excited or anxious way)

• Ученики слушали любимого учителя затаив дыхание.
[u-chi-ni-ki slu-sha-li lyu-bi-ma-va u-chi-ti-lya za-ta-if dy-kha-ni-ye]
🇬🇧 The students listened/were listening to their favourite teacher with bated breath.

🔻This participial phrase (phraseological unit) is not separated by commas in the sentence.

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• Избавиться (от + genitive)
  [iz-ba-vi-tsa (at)]
  To get rid (of)

• Теперь вы знаете, как избавиться от подруги на прогулке. Не благодарите!
[ti-per' vy zna-ye-te kak iz-ba-vi-tsa at pad-ru-gi na pra-gul-ke. ni bla-ga-da-ri-te]
🇬🇧 Now you know how to get rid of your girlfriend on a walk. Don't thank me!

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• (Вот) Как-то так (adverb)
  [(vot) kak-ta tak]
Just like that, something like that, somehow like that

🔻 'Как-то так' is an expression used to describe something vaguely or roughly, to complete a story or explanation when the exact details are unimportant or unknown, or to indicate some uncertainty or carelessness in performing an action.

Synonym:
• Приблизительно
  [pri-bli-zi-til'-na]
  Approximately

- Как будет выглядеть готовый проект?
- Ну, вот, как-то так.
[-kak bu-dit vy-gli-dit' ga-to-vyj pra-yekt?
-nu vot kak-ta tak]
🇬🇧 - What will the finished project look like?
- Well, something like this.

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• Пустить (perf.)
  [pus-tit']
  To stop holding, give freedom, to give an opportunity to go somewhere

🔻Some other meanings of 'пустить' are ➡️ here, with more examples in Russian ➡️ here.

🔻Also:
• Впустить (perf.)
  [fpus-tit']
  To let someone go into, allow entry, give access somewhere

Example:
• Хозяин! Пусти меня поплавать, на улице жарища!
[kha-zya-in, pus-tu mi-nya pap-la-vat', na u-li-tse zha-ri-shcha]
🇬🇧 Master! Let me swim, it's boiling hot outside!

🔻There is a Russian proverb as an illustration to the video, which means someone who is extremely persistent:

• Ты его в дверь (прогоняешь), а он - в окно (лезет)!
[ty yi-vo v dver' (pra-ga-nya-yesh), a on v ak-no (le-zit)]
🇬🇧 You (put) him/it out of doors, and he/it (climbs) into through the window!

▶️Настырный (Revision)

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• Талант (таланты) (masc.noun)
   [ta-lant (ta-lan-ty)]
   Talent(s)

• Талантливый (masc.adj.)
   [ta-lan-tli-vyj]
   Talented

• Tалант (мастерство) не пропьёшь!
   [ta-lant ni pra-p'yosh]
   One cannot send their talent down the throat.

🔻This spoken saying means you will never forget how to do/make things which you're really good at.

▶️Талантище (Revision)

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• Чистить (imperfective)

1. Чистить зубы
  [chis-tit' zu-by]
  To brush teeth

2. Чистить яблоко
[chis-tit' yab-la-ka]
To peel an apple

3. Чистить туфли
[chis-tit' tuf-li]
To clean one's shoes

🎧🗣👇 Just check your cat and your toothbrush😅.

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