to continue hoping even when it seems impossible
продолжать надеяться, даже когда это кажется невозможным (prodolzhat nadeyatsya dazhe kogda eta kazhetsya nevozmozhnym)
"They hoped against hope that their team would win."
"Они надеялись, вопреки всему, что их команда выиграет." (oni nadeyalis vopreki vsemu chto ikh komanda viygraet)
to work extremely hard
working in a laboratory environment on experiments or resear...
to change one’s approach or activity
to understand the full scope of a situation or problem
a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV
to be in a situation where one is likely to be blamed or cri...
