to try to find out information secretly or out of curiosity
пытаться тайно узнать информацию или из любопытства (pytat'sya tayno uznat' informatsiyu ili iz lyubopytstva)
"Reporters have been sniffing around for details about the case."
"Журналисты нюхали вокруг в поисках подробностей по делу." (Zhurnalisty **nyukhali vokrug** v poiskakh podrobnostey po delu.)
to give in or collapse under pressure
to prove to be something in the end
to establish a rule or law; to state officially
to try hard to get something done or accepted
to demand or request something publicly
to submit school or college work to the teacher