to avoid mentioning unpleasant details
избегать упоминания неприятных деталей (izbegat' upominaniya nepriyatnykh detaley)
"The report tries to gloss over the budget cuts."
"Отчет пытается скрыть сокращения бюджета." (Otchet pytayetsya **gloss over** sokrashcheniya byudzheta.)
Solving a small problem early prevents a bigger problem late...
a carefully thought-out strategy
an honest and open conversation between friends
a secret agreement made by powerful people
to synchronize data or files between devices via cloud servi...
Being patient will eventually lead to positive results.