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Imperfective: ставить в неловкое положение (stávit' v nelóvkoe polozhénie)
Perfective: поставить в неловкое положение (postávit' v nelóvkoe polozhénie)
English Meaning: to embarass

Example Sentences:

Я не хотел тебя поставить в неловкое положение.
ya ne khotél tebyá postávit' v nelóvkoe polozhénie.
I didn't mean to embarrass you.
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Related Words:

ставить (Perfective: поставить)

stávit'

to put, to place, to position, to set

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в

v

in

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неловкий (m)

nelóvkiĭ

1. clumsy 2. inconvenient 3. awkward

Here: awkward

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положение

polozhénie

1. location 2. position 3. condition 4. situation 5. status 6. clause 7. regulations

Here: situation

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