Verbs

check
# Check this word in a dictionary

проверять (to examine something in order to make sure that it is correct or the way it should be)

decide
# You need to decide what to do

решать (to choose something after thinking about several possibilities)

consider
# We need to consider everything before we make a decision

рассматривать/обдумывать (to think carefully about a decision or something you might do)

describe
# Can you describe your friend?

описывать (to say what someone or something is like)

demand
# He demanded that the waiter brought another plate

требовать (to ask for something in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused)

dream
# What are you dreaming of?

мечтать/сниться (to experience events and images in your mind while you are sleeping) / (to imagine something that you would like to happen)

expect
# I've been expecting you for 20 minutes

ожидать (to think that something will happen)

figure
# How do you figure it to yourself?

изображать/представлять себе (to decide something after thinking about it)

fool
# You won't fool me

дурачить/обманывать (to trick someone)

forget
# He forgot to call me back

забывать (to be unable to remember a fact, something that happened, or how to do something)

influence
# The story of her life has influenced me

влиять (to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks)

matter
# It doesn't matter

иметь значение (to be important, or to affect what happens)

invite
# Eric was invited to a party on Saturday

приглашать (to ask someone to come to a social event)

know
# Do you know how to open this can?

знать (to have knowledge or information about something in your mind)

link
# The police think that robbers are linked together

связать/связаться (to make a connection between two or more people, things, or ideas)

remember
# Do you remember his name?

помнить (If you remember a fact or something from the past, you keep it in your mind, or bring it back into your mind)

prove
# Can you prove it?

доказывать (to show that something is true)

plan
# When are you planning to leave

планировать (to think about and decide what you are going to do or how you are going to do something)

offer
# William offered her his help

предлагать (to ask someone if they would like something)

mean
# What do you mean?

иметь в виду (to have a particular meaning)

seem
# It seems strange

казаться (to appear to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality)

see
# Nice to see you

видеть (to notice people and things with your eyes)

say
# I don't care what they say, I know I'm right

сказать/говорить (to speak words)

report
# They reported another earthquake

сообщать (to describe a recent event or situation, especially on television, radio, or in a newspaper)

reply
# She repliced to his letter quickly

отвечать (to answer)

speak
# Do you speak German?

говорить (to say something using your voice)

spell
# Can you spell your last name?

произносить по буквам (to write down or tell someone the letters that are used to make a word)

suggest
# I suggest that we should go to the cinema

предлагать (to express an idea or plan for someone to consider)

talk
# She has been talking on the phone for half an hour

разговаривать (to say things to someone)

tell
# Lisa told her son an interesting story

рассказывать (to say something to someone, usually giving them information)

think
# What are you thinking about?

думать (to have an opinion about something or someone)

translate
# Can you translate this sentence?

переводить (to change written or spoken words from one language to another)

understand
# Do you understand me?

понимать (to know the meaning of something that someone says)

wait
# Jack has been waiting for her for ten minutes

ждать (to stay in a place until someone or something arrives or someone or something is ready for you)

wake
# My mum woke me at 7 a.m

будить (to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping)

watch
# I like watching animals

наблюдать (to look at something for a period of time)

avoid
# Try to avoid mistakes

избегать (to stay away from a person, place, situation, etc)

ask
# Can I ask you something?

просить/спрашивать (to say something to someone as a question that you want them to answer)

answer
# Can you answer my question?

отвечать (to speak or write back to someone who has asked you a question or spoken to you)

allow
# My parents don't allow me to come home late

позволять (to give someone permission for something)

agree
# I agree with you

соглашаться (to have the same opinion as someone)