No. 14,345 in Russian
открываем
"Открываем" means "we open."
In a sentence
Мы открываем окно, чтобы впустить свежий воздух.
We are opening the window to let fresh air in.
The word 'открываем' is used here as a present-tense verb to describe the action of opening a physical object, the window, performed by the subject 'Мы'.
Каждое утро мы открываем новую страницу своей жизни.
Every morning we turn a new page in our life.
In this sentence, 'открываем' figuratively represents beginning or unveiling something new as part of a metaphorical expression, attached to 'новую страницу своей жизни'.
На уроке химии мы открываем свойства веществ.
In chemistry class, we discover the properties of substances.
Here 'открываем' is employed to denote the act of discovering or revealing information or properties, applied to 'свойства веществ'.
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