to continue making great efforts toward achieving something
продолжать прилагать большие усилия для достижения чего-то (prodolzhat' prilagat' bol'shie usiliya dlya dostizheniya chego-to)
"He always tells his students to keep striving for excellence."
"Он всегда говорит своим студентам стремиться к совершенству." (on vsegda govorit svoim studentam **stremit'sya k sovershenstvu**)
to connect or link closely with something
to stop feeling or expressing emotions
to move ahead or away from someone or something
to wait for something to happen before acting; to depend on
to spend a lot of money on something special
to do something very quickly, often carelessly
