обходиться

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Russian

Etymology

обходи́ть (obxodítʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

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Verb

обходи́ться (obxodítʹsjaimpf (perfective обойти́сь)

  1. to cost; to come to
  2. to treat
  3. (chiefly in the negative) to be able to do without
    Без уче́бников не обходи́ться.Bez učébnikov ne obxodítʹsja.One cannot do without textbooks.
    Он и дня́ не мо́г обходи́ться без во́дки.On i dnjá ne móg obxodítʹsja bez vódki.He couldn't do (even) a day without vodka.
  4. to turn out, to work out
  5. passive of обходи́ть (obxodítʹ)

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