To secretly support or manipulate both sides of a conflict for personal gain.
Секретная поддержка или манипуляция обеими сторонами конфликта ради личной выгоды. (sekretnaya podderzhka ili manipulyatsiya obeymi storonami konflikta radi lichnoy vygody.)
"The ambassador was accused of playing both sides in the negotiations."
"Посол был обвинен в игре на обеих сторонах на переговорах." (Posol byl obvinyon v **igre na obeikh storonakh** na peregovorakh.)
to stay focused on your goal
A true friend is the most valuable gift one can have
a person who helps others selflessly
to close an area so people cannot enter
to be conflicted or struggling internally
to feel like you are about to cry because of strong emotions