to understand the situation
понять ситуацию (ponyat situatsiyu)
"After a few minutes, I started to get the picture."
"Через несколько минут я начал понимать ситуацию." (cherez neskolko minut ya nachal ponyat situatsiyu)
to have influence or importance
used to encourage someone who has failed
being careful with small amounts of money but careless with...
An unclear distinction between two things
to do the same work or live the same way as someone else, us...
to do a lot of difficult or complicated things to achieve so...