to take control or responsibility
взять на себя контроль или ответственность (vzyat na sebya kontrol' ili otvetstvennost')
"After the director retired, she took the reins of the company."
"После того как директор ушел на пенсию, она взяла на себя бразды правления компанией." (posle togo kak direktor ushel na pensiyu, ona **vzyala na sebya brazy pravelniya** kompaniyey.)
A life lived without introspection or self-reflection is not...
to achieve success very quickly
to agree on a compromise between two opinions or prices
to just barely manage to do something
start working efficiently or properly
to signal someone to stop, especially a vehicle
