to criticize someone to make them feel less important
критиковать кого-то, чтобы он почувствовал себя менее важным (kritikovat' kogo-to, chtoby on pochuvstvoval sebya menee vazhnym)
"The manager cut him down to size after he bragged too much."
"Менеджер поставил его на место после того, как он слишком хвастался." (Menedzher **postavil ego na mesto** posle togo, kak on slishkom khvastalsya)
to transfer responsibility or control to someone else
to make a sincere promise, often used by children
to reject something by voting against it
something that completely changes the way things are done
to remain persistent and determined in difficult circumstanc...
to be very close friends
