people with power or influence who can help you
люди с властью или влиянием, которые могут вам помочь (lyudi s vlast'yu ili vliyaniyem, kotorye mogut vam pomoch')
"He got the job because he has friends in high places."
"Он получил работу, потому что у него есть друзья в высоких кругах." (On poluchil rabotu, potomu chto u nego yest' **druz'ya v vysokikh krugakh**)
to keep changing your attitude or mood
a change in leadership or authority
to reach a stage of maturity or full potential
to postpone discussing something until later
Teamwork requires collaboration; individualism does not work...
to prepare energetically for something