inroad

1. (archaic, intransitive)To make advances or incursions.

   вторга́тьсяvtorgátʹsja, вто́ргнутьсяvtórgnutʹsja

2. (obsolete, transitive)To make an inroad into (something).

1. The army made inroads into the neighboring country.

   deDie Armee fiel in das benachbarte Land ein.

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2. I think we have made an inroad today.

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3. We've made great inroads into solving the problem, but our resources dwindle and the end is not in sight.

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4. If the government is serious about making inroads into the backlog of asylum applications, they should allocate additional funding.

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5. She could never find the motivation to make significant inroads into the work piling up in her in-tray.

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