to gradually prepare for something difficult
постепенно готовиться к чему-то сложному (postepnno gotovitsya k chemu-to slozhnomu)
"She’s working up to asking for a promotion."
"Она работает над тем, чтобы попросить повышение." (ona rabotaet nad tem, chtoby poprosit' povyshenie)
to stop holding onto negative emotions or memories
to move something to a later time or date
to do the same set of activities regularly
to remain awake later than usual
to persuade people to support you or your ideas
to experience or survive an important period of history
