No. 3,060 in Russian
избавиться
"To get rid of."
In a sentence
Я хочу избавиться от вредной привычки.
I want to get rid of the bad habit.
In this sentence, 'избавиться' is used to express the act of freeing oneself from an undesirable condition or habit.
Он долго пытался избавиться от ненужных вещей.
He spent a long time trying to get rid of unnecessary items.
Here, 'избавиться' conveys the act of removing unwanted or unnecessary objects.
Мы наконец избавились от старой мебели.
We finally got rid of the old furniture.
In this context, 'избавиться' indicates completion of the action of discarding unwanted possessions.
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