No. 14,950 in Russian
подловить
"Подловить" means "to catch someone off guard" or "to catch unexpectedly."
In a sentence
Я смог подловить момент, когда он был один.
I managed to catch the moment when he was alone.
Here, the word 'подловить' means 'to catch' or 'seize an opportunity' in a figurative sense to identify or capture a specific moment.
Он пытался меня подловить на ошибке.
He tried to catch me making a mistake.
In this sentence, 'подловить' refers to the action of catching someone in a particular act or mistake.
Они решили подловить виновника на месте преступления.
They decided to intercept the culprit at the crime scene.
Here, 'подловить' is used to imply 'intercepting' or 'catching' someone directly in action.
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