Thread: Is there a word like "set" in Russian that can be used for tons of stuff?

ah, so you want an easy way out, huh ?

*grins*

Yea, looking for some cheats

Does that help or confuse?

That helps, and the pattern is quite easy in both of your examples.

отставить - to put off, to recover,
выставить - to set out, to kick out

Can you use those words in a sentence please? (After a comma normally comes a synonym, but those words after the comma in your definitions are not synonymous so they got me a tad confused)

доставить - to deliver, to afford some positive feeling to smb.

Second definition, like "cheer someone up"? BTW the second definition for this word doesn't appear in my dictionary, only "to deliver" from some reason

Originally Posted by Valda

Can you use those words in a sentence please? (After a comma normally comes a synonym, but those words after the comma in your definitions are not synonymous so they got me a tad confused)

Yes, I pointed out different meanings of those new verbs, not synonymous. There are too many meanings to make here full description for each.

belay that! — отставить!
Recover! — отставить!
to revoke a command — отставить приказание
to drop smb. from command — отставить кого-л. от командования
to put off the glass - отставить стакан

to display goods in a shop-window — выставить товары в витрине магазина
to turn smb. out of doors — выставить кого-л. за дверь
he bummed me for $5 — он выставил меня на пять долларов
to air the bedding — выставить на солнце /сушить/ постельные принадлежности
to set a guard on a bridge — выставить охранение на мосту

(again it is a mixture of different possible meanings but they have something in common - the way of thinking about it)

For доставить as "to afford some positive feeling to smb." one should point out the feeling: "Доставить радость", "доставить удовольствие". In fact it is a series of set phrases rather than a function of verb itself.