| English | Russian |
| gather around a holiday table | собраться за праздничным столом (Cooking and sharing food are inseparable. Our labor in the kitchen culminates not in profit but in praise … and it makes sweating in the kitchen worth it–the more so when kith and kin … gather around a holiday table. VLZ_58) |
| gather around the fire | собираться вокруг костра (around the table, around the platform, etc., и т.д.) |
| gather around the speaker | собраться вокруг оратора (around the teacher, around the juggler, etc., и т.д.) |
| gather around the speaker | окружать оратора (around the teacher, around the juggler, etc., и т.д.) |
| gather children around the teacher | собрать детей вокруг учителя (a small group of curious passers-by around the platform, many staunch friends around him, etc., и т.д.) |
| gather one's coat around oneself | плотнее застегнуть пальто |
| he gathered his cloak around him | он закутался в плащ |
| he gathered his scarf around his neck | он потуже замотал шею шарфом |
