to start doing something different from your main work or area of expertise
начать делать что-то другое, отличное от вашей основной работы или области специализации (nachat' delat' chto-to drugoe, otlichnoe ot vashey osnovnoy raboty ili oblasti spetsializatsii)
"After several years in finance, he decided to branch off into consulting."
"После нескольких лет работы в финансовом секторе он решил branch off into консалтинг." (posle neskol'kikh let raboty v finansovom sektore on reshil branch off into konsalting)
to start expressing feelings freely
to spend more money than was planned
to overcome strong emotional barriers like fear or anxiety
to depend on something when other options fail
to wear fancy or formal clothes for an occasion
to identify or highlight problems or mistakes
