to make someone understand your message clearly
заставить кого-то ясно понять ваше сообщение (zastavit' kogo-to yasno ponyat' vashe soobshchenie)
"Good translators know how to carry across meaning accurately."
"Хорошие переводчики знают, как передать смысл точно." (khoroshie perevodchiki znayut, kak carry across meaning tochno)
to guide someone step by step through a task
to soften your language or behavior for a situation
to reduce anxiety ahead of an event
to continue talking for a long time, often unnecessarily
to reduce the differences between two groups or ideas
to behave in a confident and graceful way