局面: aspect, phase, situation...
过往: to come and go, to have friendly relations with, in the past, previous...
顾问: adviser, consultant...
信号: signal...
一度: for a time, at one time, one time, once...
上帝: God...
勇敢: brave, courageous...
墓碑: gravestone, tombstone...
悲观: pessimistic...
循序渐进: in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally...
