to connect with people from other backgrounds through shared understanding
связываться с людьми из других слоев общества через общее понимание (svyazyvatsya s lyud'mi iz drugikh sloev obshchestva cherez obshchee ponimaniye)
"Learning languages helps you relate across cultures more easily."
"Изучение языков помогает легче наладить контакт с людьми из разных культур." (Izucheniye yazykov pomogayet legche naladit' kontakt s lyud'mi iz raznykh kul'tur)
to lose control of emotions due to fear or stress
to simplify something to its essential points
to process emotions patiently so you understand them
to admit that what you said was wrong; to retract something
to arrange or plan something; to repair or prepare something
to reject or refuse something
