to avoid taking sides or making a decision
избегать принятия стороны или принятия решения (izbegat' prinyatiya storony ili prinyatiya resheniya)
"He is sitting on the fence about the new policy."
"Он избегает принятия решения по новой политике." (On izbegayet prinyatiya resheniya po novoy politike)
a small part of a larger situation or problem
to have the same opinion as someone else
to talk about something that has been worrying you
to work very hard to achieve something
to hope that things will happen the way you want
to convert data into a secure format to prevent unauthorized...