Профессиональные решения и карьера

вехи: milestone, promotion; неудачи: setback, be made redundant (≠ be sacked); рост: a steep learning curve, the role stretched me, progression; застой: stagnate; переход: sideways move; in charge of, track record; времена — событие / предыстория / in retrospect / итог

was going to (намерение, не вышло), was due to (расписание), was about to (вот-вот, прервано), would later (так и вышло), was to (судьба), was to have done (не сбылось); связки: in the event, as it turned out, but then, only for … to; withdraw, fall through, anticipate

ожидание: was supposed to (положено — не вышло), was meant to (задумывалось), was due to (расписание), was expected to; результат: only to find, as it turned out, in the event; оценка: live up to, fall short of, exceed expectations, overrun by; on paper vs in practice

ограничения: constraint, given that, in the light of, considering; приоритет: non-negotiable, comes first; исключить: rule out, that left …; компромисс: settle for, a price worth paying, the lesser of two evils; границы: at best … at worst

take on (взять на себя), step down (уйти с поста), step in (подменить), follow through on (довести), hand over to (передать), phase out (свернуть), take the initiative, delegate sth to sb, accountable to sb for sth, own a mistake; take it on (местоимение между частями)

STAR: ситуация (When I joined …) → задача (my brief was to) → действие (I …, specifics) → результат (as a result of, which led to, the upshot, brought about; quantify, measurable) → вывод (lesson learned, in hindsight); честность: can't take credit for, contributed to