 | English  | German |  |
 | lightning {adj} [e.g. speed, progress] | 328 rasant [ugs.] |  |
 | toward {adj} [rare] [in progress] | am Werk |  |
 | toward {adj} [rare] [in progress] | im Gange |  |
Verbs |
 | to trace sth. [follow trail of, e.g., progress, developments] | 1658 etw.Akk. verfolgen [beobachten, z. B. Fortschritte] |  |
 | to proceed [progress, go forward] | 984 verlaufen [vonstattengehen, ablaufen] |  |
 | to advance [progress, proceed] | 877 fortschreiten |  |
 | to advance sth. [speed sth. up, accelerate the progress of sth.] [e.g. an affair] | 104 etw.Akk. vorantreiben [z. B. eine Angelegenheit] |  |
 | to stagnate [to make no progress] | (vor sich hin) dümpeln [fig.] [nicht vorankommen, stagnieren] [Projekt u. ä.] |  |
Nouns |
 | stride [progress] | 1038 Fortschritt {m} |  |
 | advancement [progress] | 594 Fortschritt {m} |  |
 | advances [progress] | 248 Fortschritte {pl} |  |
 | strides [progress] | 26 Fortschritte {pl} |  |
 | objectors [people who prevent change or progress] | Verhinderer {pl} [ugs.] |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | under way {adv} [in progress] | in Bearbeitung |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to face headwinds [fig.] [experience resistance that inhibits progress] | Gegenwind bekommen [fig.] [Widerstand zu spüren bekommen] |  |
 | to forge ahead [make progress] | Fortschritte machen |  |
 | to make headway [progress] | vorangehen [bes.: es geht voran] |  |
 | to make inroads [make progress] | Fortschritte machen |  |
 | to motor (along) [coll.] [move fast, make good progress] | marschieren [ugs.] [sich schnell auf ein Ziel zubewegen] |  |
 | to pan out [progress] | aufgehen |  |
 | to pan out [progress] | sich entwickeln |  |
 | to slow-walk sth. [to delay the progress of sth.] | etw.Akk. hinauszögern |  |
 | to step up [coll.] [improve, make progress] | Fortschritte machen |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | great strides [progress] | große Fortschritte {pl} |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | to be under way [in progress] | im Gange sein [Redewendung] [auch: im Gang sein] |  |
 | to forge ahead with sth. [make good progress] | mit etw.Dat. (gut) vorankommen [große Fortschritte machen] |  |
 | to keep up (with) [move or progress at the same rate] | nachkommen [Schritt halten können] |  |
 | to make headway on sth. [idiom] [make progress in sth.] | bei etw.Dat. vorankommen [Fortschritte machen] |  |
 | to slow sb. down in sth. [e.g. in progress, work, getting ahead etc.] | jdn. bei etw.Dat. aufhalten |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | to be cooking with gas [Am.] [coll.] [fig.] [making good progress] | gut vorankommen [mit einer Arbeit] |  |
4 Words: Nouns |
 | belief in the future [the possibility of progress] | Fortschrittsglaube {m} |  |
5+ Words: Verbs |
 | to go from being the ... to the ... [make progress] | vom ... zum ... avancieren |  |