No. 7,049 in Russian
бежать
To run.
In a sentence
Я бегу в магазин за хлебом.
I am running to the store for bread.
Here, 'бежать' is used in the sense of physical movement, specifically running.
Вода в реке бежит быстро.
The water in the river flows quickly.
In this sentence, 'бежать' is metaphorically describing the flow of water.
Он бежал от ответственности.
He ran away from responsibility.
Here, 'бежать' is used figuratively to mean evading something, in this case, responsibility.
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