to understand and identify with someone’s experiences or emotions
понимать и идентифицировать себя с опытом или эмоциями другого человека (ponimat' i identifitsirovat' sebya s opytom ili emotsiyami drugogo cheloveka)
"I can really relate to your situation because I went through something similar."
"Я действительно могу понять твою ситуацию, потому что пережил что-то похожее." (ya deystvitel'no **mogu ponyat'** tvoyu situatsiyu, potomu chto perezhil chto-to pokhozhye.)
to think about the future or consider wider possibilities
to gradually increase emotional endurance
to count backward to mark the start of an event
to discuss something carefully to understand or solve it
to talk informally with someone
to fail to do something on time or as planned
