to start practicing meditation
начать практиковать медитацию (nachat' praktikovaty meditaciyu)
"I recently took up meditation to reduce stress and feel more peaceful."
"Недавно я начал практиковать медитацию, чтобы уменьшить стресс и чувствовать себя более спокойным." (Nedavno ya nachal praktikovaty meditaciyu, chtoby umenshit' stress i chuvstvovat' sebya boleye spokoynym.)
to make steady progress toward achieving success
to be very noticeable; to be better than others
to voice opposition to something openly
to make efforts to achieve fairness and equal opportunities
to be included in a category; to be controlled by someone
to accept more work or responsibility than one can handle
