to confront someone with a problem or difficulty
столкнуть кого-то с проблемой или трудностью (stolknut' kogo-to s problemoy ili trudnost'yu)
"He was suddenly brought up against a serious obstacle."
"Он внезапно столкнулся с серьезным препятствием." (On vnezapno stolknulsya s seryoznym prepyatstviem.)
to completely repay a debt or loan
to pass through different phases of change smoothly
to conduct business or communication via an intermediary
to have confidence in your own abilities and potential
to request information or clarification about something
to dismiss employees temporarily or permanently due to econo...