to try hard not to cry
пытаться не плакать (pytat'sya ne plakat')
"She choked back tears during her farewell speech."
"Она сдерживала слезы во время своей прощальной речи." (Ona **sderzhivala slezy** vo vremya svoey proshchal'noy rechi.)
to understand foreign laws and business rules
to plan in detail how something will happen
to indicate a direction or possible cause
to think too much about something unpleasant
to establish or strengthen relationships with another countr...
to start a machine or device
