using influence to get something done
использование влияния для достижения чего-то (ispol'zovanie vliyaniya dlya dostizheniya chego-to)
"He got the engineering contract by pulling strings."
"Он получил контракт на инженерные работы, используя пулинг стрингс." (On poluchil kontrakt na inzhenernye raboty, ispol'zuyushchij **puling strings**.)
to remain calm in difficult or stressful situations
someone or something that is very annoying
a person who gives a favorable interpretation of events to t...
to monitor or record information consistently
knowledge and understanding gained through life experience
to pretend to be confident or happy when you are not
