to make a tense or angry situation more peaceful
успокоить ситуацию (uspokoit' situatsiyu)
"He tried to calm things down before it got worse."
"Он попытался успокоить ситуацию, прежде чем стало хуже." (On popytalsya uspokoit' situatsiyu, prezhde chem stalo khuzhe.)
to increase your effort toward gaining knowledge
to experience or survive an important period of history
to remove or carry something away with water
to identify shared interests so cooperation is easier
to turn off or shut down a device completely
to invite someone to go somewhere with you, especially on a...