to reserve a period in your schedule for something important
зарезервировать время в своем расписании для чего-то важного (zarezervirovat' vremya v svoem raspisanii dlya chego-to vazhnogo)
"I block off time every Friday to review the next week's deadlines."
"Я блокирую время каждую пятницу, чтобы проверить сроки на следующую неделю." (Ya blokiruyu vremya kazhduyu pyatnitsu, chtoby proverit' sroki na sleduyushchuyu nedelyu.)
to organize people for a political or social cause
to continue developing based on what you have already achiev...
to think carefully about something for a long time
to lose control and start spinning around
to depend on something when other options fail
to improve or reach a higher standard or stage
