| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | reduce the whole family to despair | довести всю семью до отчаяния (the inhabitants to terror, the poor people to beggary, them to the level of beasts, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | reduce the whole family to despair | приводить всю семью в состояние отчаяния (the inhabitants to terror, the poor people to beggary, them to the level of beasts, etc.) |
| Makarov. | reduce to despair | довести до отчаяния |
| Makarov. | reduce to despair | приводить в отчаяние |