to support or approve of something
поддерживать или одобрять что-то (podderzhivat' ili odobryat' chto-to)
"He doesn’t really go in for small talk."
"Он на самом деле не интересуется малыми разговорами." (On na samom dele ne interesuyetsya malymi razgovorami.)
to keep up with or understand what is being said or shown
to review or explain something to someone carefully
to stop thinking about work or problems for a while
to write something so it can be used later for a purpose
to think about something that happened in the past
to stay focused on the main topic during a discussion