an achievement to be proud of
достижение, которым можно гордиться (dostizheniye, kotorym mozhno gordit'sya)
"Winning the national award was a feather in his cap."
"Победа на национальной премии была достижением, которым можно гордиться." (pobeda na natsional'noy premii byla dostizheniyem, kotorym mozhno gordit'sya)
an unrealistic or impossible hope
to make a bad situation even worse
permission to start or go ahead with something
to make a lot of noise; to celebrate loudly
To be very kind and generous
to be very clear or direct about something
