to rid oneself of responsibility for something, especially wrongdoing
избавиться от ответственности за что-либо, особенно за проступок (izbavitsya ot otvetstvennosti za chto libo osobenno za prostupok)
"He tried to clean his hands of the situation, but we all knew he was involved."
"Он пытался умыть руки в этой ситуации, но мы все знали, что он был замешан." (on pytalsya umyt ruki v etoy situatsii no my vse znali chto on byl zameshan)
being kind doesn’t take effort or money
if legal redress is available but not delivered in time, it...
to make a sincere promise
to pass something to someone of a later generation
Challenges and difficulties make people stronger and more ex...
alert and full of energy, especially in the morning