to begin something, like a journey, very successfully
начать что-то, например, путешествие, очень успешно (nachat' chto-to, naprimer, puteshestvie, ochen' uspeshno)
"Our trip was off to a flying start with perfect weather."
"Наше путешествие началось очень успешно с идеальной погодой." (Nashe puteshestvie nachalos' ochen' uspeshno s ideal'noy pogodoy.)
to learn by making mistakes or through difficult experiences
comparable in quality or ability
to use authority to make people work harder or obey rules
to change from one system or option to another
to act in a morally or socially responsible way
extremely tired and almost falling asleep
