How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Russian words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 61 at the medium level and 32 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Russian vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Russian vocabulary: verb patterns

To need, to be about to, to remember: the Russian verb phrases that keep coming back in conversation.

Here are 100 Russian words on “Verb patterns”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 39 words

Russian	English
соглашаться	to agree to
отвечать на	to answer to
быть в состоянии	to be able to
бояться	to be afraid of
иметь право	to be allowed to
дорожить	to be keen on
быть вынужденным	to be obliged to
отвечать за	to be responsible for
служить для	to be used for
осознавать	to become aware of
начинать	to begin to
продолжать	to carry on
выбирать	to choose to
входить	to come in
обходиться без	to do without
выяснять	to find outLearn a piece of information
заканчивать	to finish doing
выходить	to get out
приводить к	to give rise to
уходить	to go away
возвращаться внутрь	to go back inside
проходить через	to go through
только что	to have just done
помогать	to help to
учиться	to learn to
смотреть на	to look at
выкручиваться	to pull through
положить конец	to put an end to
рассчитывать на	to rely on
проявлять	to show evidence of
приниматься за	to start doing
останавливаться	to stop
переставать	to stop doing
суметь	to succeed inManage to do something
учитывать	to take into account
участвовать в	to take part in
доверять	to trust
пытаться	to try to
пользоваться	to use

Level 2: medium 40 words

Russian	English
рисковать	to be likely to
чистить зубы	to brush one’s teeth
успокаиваться	to calm down
заботиться о	to care about
происходить	to come about
случайно встречать	to come across
решать	to decide to
мечтать о	to dream of
засыпать	to fall asleep
ссориться	to fall out
скучать	to get bored
теряться	to get lost
вступать в брак	to get married
сходить	to get off
садиться в	to get on
готовиться к	to get ready to
возвращать	to give back
сдаваться	to give up
действовать	to go about it
повторять	to go over
торопиться	to hurry up
присоединяться к	to join in
следить за	to keep an eye on
ухаживать	to look afterSee to someone’s well-being
решаться	to make up one’s mind
предлагать	to offer to
обращать внимание на	to pay attention to
обещать	to promise to
надевать	to put on
терпеть	to put up with
поправляться	to recover
садиться	to sit down
расставаться	to split up
браться за	to tackle
нанимать	to take on
обдумывать	to think over
выключать	to turn off
просыпаться	to wake up
мыться	to wash oneself
волноваться	to worry

Level 3: hard 21 words

Russian	English
прибегать к	to call upon
зависеть от	to depend on
заслуживать	to deserve to
побуждать	to encourage to
ладить	to get along
направляться в	to go to
раздавать	to hand out
сдерживать	to hold back
получать травму	to hurt oneself
сообщать о	to inform of
настаивать на	to insist on
приглашать	to invite to
ждать с нетерпением	to look forward to
насмехаться	to make fun
отодвигать	to push back
отказываться	to refuse to
сожалеть	to regret
догадываться о	to suspect
брать на себя	to take charge of
отклонять	to turn downRefuse, not accept
раздеваться	to undress

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Russian words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 61 at the medium level and 32 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Russian vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.