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I see your point. The fact those two are spelled differently might mean they were also pronounced differently, so there might be no connection between the two. Good job! :hlop:

=> Ты мог бы меня забрать [на машине]?

I heard many times the use of "Успокойся!" in this sense. Although it literary means: "Be calm!" :roll:

вести comes from the word "вед" meaning "knowledge". [/quote]
Are you sure?
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Let' think together and look at the verb forms: веди, веду, ведёт, ведём, ведёте, ведут, ведущий, ведомый. The...

Yeah.. those two are pronounced almost identically in the normal speech. But the origins are very different:

везти comes from the word "воз" meaning a load to transport:

я везу
он/она везёт...

I tried to keep it as close to the original as I could:

1) Can you give me a lift home?
=> Тебе не сложно подвезти меня до дома?

2) Can you give me a lift, if it is not out of you way?
=> Ты...