to celebrate the start of a new year
праздновать начало нового года (prazdnovat' nachalo novogo goda)
"We gathered downtown to ring in the new year together."
"Мы собрались в центре города, чтобы встретить новый год вместе." (My sobralis' v tsentre goroda, chtoby vstrestit' novyy god vmeste.)
To continue supporting a cause or idea passed from the past.
to reduce the time needed for something
to flip through pages quickly
to make a bad situation even more difficult or unpleasant
after an unpleasant experience, you are careful to avoid it...
something very beautiful or skillfully made