to spend your childhood in a particular place or culture
проводить детство в определенном месте или культуре (provodit detstvo v opredelennom meste ili kulture)
"I grew up in a small village where traditions are still strong."
"Я вырос в маленькой деревне, где традиции всё ещё сильны." (Ya **vyiros v** malen'koy derevne, gde traditsii vse yeshchyo sil'ny.)
to make efforts to improve the areas where you are lacking
to make a situation or system more stable
to stand in a queue waiting for something
to start a conversation by being honest or expressive about...
to gradually stop using or producing something
to remove or eliminate something unwanted