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		iLemming 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Almost anything you give sustained attention to wi... In Russian, you "spare" attention by "making" it. The word 'уделять' shares the same root with the word that means - 'deed', 'doing', 'act' or 'affair'.

laurent_du 3 months ago [–]

No, it's a different etymological root. A better translation would be to say that you give a share of your attention (делить's meaning is to divide).

iLemming 3 months ago | [–]

Ah, right. I completely missed the difference between 'делать' and 'делить'.

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