to perform well in a difficult situation
выступать хорошо в сложной ситуации (vystupat' khorosho v slozhnoy situatsii)
"He really rose to the occasion during the crisis."
"Он действительно встал к задаче во время кризиса." (On deistvitel'no **vstal k zadache** vo vremya krizisa.)
to succeed or fail by your own efforts
acting legally; not breaking any laws
to agree with someone
to wait for something to improve or happen
to be responsible for something yourself
to suddenly start talking about something unrelated
