to experience or survive an important period of history
пережить или пережить важный исторический период (perezhit' ili perezhit' vazhnyy isto richeskiy period)
"Our grandparents lived through times of great cultural change."
"Наши дедушки прожили через время больших культурных изменений." (nashi dedushki prozhili cherez vremya bol'shikh kul'turnykh izmeneniy)
to kill or exhaust someone
to overcome fear and act with courage
to decide not to do something after agreeing to it
to pause and reflect on your current emotional state
to confront and deal with things that scare you
to be late or delayed in finishing something