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| Subject | Russian | English |
| cinema.equip. | отматывать на место воспроизведения | cue up (make a cassette, video, or CD be exactly in the position you want it to be in, so that you can play something immediately when you are ready: The videotape's cued up and ready to go! Taras) |
| fig.of.sp. | отматывать плёнку назад | work backward (Viacheslav Volkov) |
| commun. | отматывать проволоку из бухты | pay-out the wire |