When we talk about people from other cultures we often express our 

understanding or lack of understanding. Here are some of the more common 

idioms that express understanding or inability to understand. Match the 

idioms with their definitions, translate them into Russian. 

1. to catch on a. to be too difficult to understand 

2. to be beyond someone b. to understand 

3. to see c. to begin to understand 

4. to read between the lines despite 

one’s own anger 

d. to listen to someone and try to un-

derstand 

5. to hear someone out and left unsaid e. to listen carefully and hear what is said