to improve one's situation through hard work and determination
улучшить свое положение с помощью упорного труда и решимости (uluchshit svoyo polozhenie s pomoshchyu upornogo truda i reshimosti)
"Despite all the challenges, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps and succeeded."
"Несмотря на все трудности, он взял себя в руки и добился успеха." (nesmotrya na vse trudnosti on vzyal sebya v ruki i dobilsya uspekha)
acting emotionless or mechanical like a robot
to be completely focused or revolve around something
a hacker with malicious intent
feeling sad or depressed
greater power comes from a larger group
to admit or confess to something you did wrong