No. 14,061 in Russian
одолел
"Overcame" or "defeated."
In a sentence
Он одолел сложную задачу.
He overcame a difficult task.
In this sentence, 'одолел' is used to mean 'to overcome' or 'to successfully deal with a challenging issue.'
Я одолел соперника в шахматах.
I defeated the opponent in chess.
Here, 'одолел' is employed to signify 'to defeat' in the sense of winning against an opponent.
Наконец-то одолел эту книгу полностью.
Finally, I managed to finish reading this book entirely.
In this context, 'одолел' conveys the effort to complete an arduous or lengthy activity, in this case, reading a book.
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