| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | show understanding | проявить понимание (urged the protesters to show tolerance and understanding ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | show understanding | относиться с пониманием (for something • "The line needs to be drawn. You can't show understanding for everything," she said, drawing a parallel with her experience growing up in East Germany at a time when the communist regime's secret security police had a vast number of informants.  yahoo.com 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | show understanding | отнестись с пониманием (for 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | show understanding | войти в чьё-либо положение (for someone's situation Tanya Gesse) |
| gen. | show understanding for someone's position | войти в чьё-либо положение (Anglophile) |
| gen. | show understanding for someone's position | входить в положение (Anglophile) |