to prepare everything for something to happen
подготовить всё, чтобы что-то произошло (podgotovit fsyo chtoby shtota proizoshlo)
"The manager's speech helped set the stage for the upcoming conference."
"Речь менеджера помогла подготовить почву для предстоящей конференции." (rech menedzhera pomogla podgotovit pochvu dlya predstoyashchey konferentsii)
someone told me something secretly
to focus on the most important things before others
an unplanned or spontaneous decision or action
to begin to develop or become clear
to describe something in an overly optimistic way
to gain someone's confidence by being reliable