to allow oneself to experience or understand new ideas or cultures
позволить себе испытать или понять новые идеи или культуры (pozvolit' sebe ispyitat' ili ponyat' novye idei ili kul'tury)
"Living abroad helped him open himself to diverse ways of life."
"Жизнь за границей помогла ему открыться для разных способов жизни." (Zhizn' za granitsey pomogla emu **otkrytsya dlya** raznykh sposobov zhizni.)
to behave politely and honor others’ feelings or opinions
to talk about a particular topic or issue
to concentrate on future goals instead of past mistakes
to keep something; not to lose hope or belief
to carefully plan or design steps to achieve a goal
to talk while someone else is talking
