seeing the positive side of something
видеть положительную сторону чего-то (videt' polozhitel'nuyu storonu chego-to)
"Try to see the glass as half full instead of half empty."
"Попробуйте увидеть стакан наполовину полный, а не наполовину пустой." (Poprobuyte uvidet' **stakan napolovinu polnyy**, a ne napolovinu pustoy.)
to be very frightened
to be extremely generous and selfless
to collect things together
to dismiss something by treating it as a joke
to control your emotions and behave sensibly
being careful with small amounts of money but careless with...