to discuss something without addressing it directly
обсуждать что-то, не затрагивая это напрямую (obsuzhdat' chto-to, ne zatragivaya eto napryamuyu)
"She kept talking around the topic instead of answering the question directly."
"Она продолжала говорить вокруг темы, вместо того чтобы ответить на вопрос напрямую." (Ona prodolzhala govorit' vokrug temy, vmesto togo chtoby otvetit' na vopros napryamuyu)
to work hard and continuously
Very slowly.
to feel responsible for many problems or duties
done secretly or dishonestly, often involving money
to study very hard
to have the opposite result of what was intended