to understand something that is complicated or unclear
понять что-то сложное или непонятное (ponyat' chto-to slozhnoe ili neponyatnoe)
"I finally made sense of the instructions after reading them twice."
"я наконец-то понял инструкции после того, как прочитал их дважды." (ya nakonechto **ponyál** instruktsii posle togo, kak prochital ikh dvazhdy)
to refuse to change your opinion or position
to change one's opinion or attitude
to avoid making a decision or choice
something decided by chance
you can achieve anything you want in life
to use something until it becomes unusable
