| English | Russian |
| be bogged down in | погрязнуть (pf of погрязать) |
| be bogged down in | погрязать (impf of погрязнуть) |
| be taken down | сняться (pf of сниматься) |
| be taken down | сниматься (impf of сняться) |
| bear down | подходить (on someone or something) в знач. "приближаться" 4uzhoj) |
| bear down | приближаться (on someone or something • Binki holds a straight course – we're bearing down on the island. • We've had a great past couple of days and now we're bearing down on the half way mark with 12 days left to go. • It is almost like a sign that the end of the world is bearing down upon us. 4uzhoj) |
| become bogged down | завязнуть (также в переносном смысле ART Vancouver) |
| bogged down | завязнувший (in sth. ART Vancouver) |
| bring down | подкашивать (impf of подкосить) |
| come down upon | разрушиться (pf of рушиться) |
| come down upon | рушиться (impf of разрушиться) |
| die down of a fire | мертветь |
| flush down the toilet | спустить в унитаз (It feels like they wanted to completely flush down the toilet all that had been created over the years. Damirules) |
| get bogged down in | увязать (impf of увязнуть) |
| get bogged down in | увязнуть (pf of увязать) |
| get bogged down | завязнуть (Their military got bogged down in Iraq. ART Vancouver) |
| hand-me-down | затасканный (This gives the impression of a hand-me-down coat or something picked up at the Salvation Army. • The main premise of reflexology, namely, the purported possibility in principle of explaining all human behaviour without any recourse to subjective phenomena and of constructing a psychology without psyche, is the hand-me-down dualism of subjective psychology, its attempt to study pure, abstract psyche. Abysslooker) |
| keep head down | не поднимать головы |
| keep one's head down | не высовываться (Anglophile) |
| knock down | подкосить (pf of подкашивать) |
| knock down | подкашивать (impf of подкосить) |
| let something go down the chute | слить (4uzhoj) |
| let something go down the drain | слить (4uzhoj) |
| let something go down the toilet | слить (4uzhoj) |
| let something go down the tubes | слить (4uzhoj) |
| try to stare someone down | играть с кем-либо в гляделки (igisheva) |
| try to stare each other down | играть в гляделки (igisheva) |
| weigh down | придавливать (impf of придавить) |