What better way than an innocuous LinkedIn invite to reconnect-and get a toehold in his private-equity network.

通过领英这种没有恶意的平台向他发出邀请，与其重新建立联系--然后在他的私募股权网络中站稳脚跟，没有比这更好的方式了。

We're getting a toehold on the alcohol business.

这是我们酒类生意的起点。

Foreign lawyers keen to maintain a toehold in India's growing economy resigned themselves to establishing " best friend" relationships with local law firms.

渴望在印度不断增长的经济中立足的外国律师不得不与当地律师事务所建立“最好的朋友”关系。

A nutrition brand called Kate Farms that makes organic, plant-based shakes has managed to find a toehold after more than $100 million of fund-raising.

一个名为 Kate Farms 的营养品牌生产有机植物奶昔，在筹集了超过 1 亿美元的资金后成功找到了立足点。

Rosneft used its part ownership of Nayara Energy, an Indian refiner, to gain a toehold in one of the world's fastest growing consumer markets.

俄罗斯石油公司利用其在印度炼油厂 Nayara Energy 的部分所有权，在世界上增长最快的消费市场之一获得立足点。

Had we not had the benefit of a greenhouse effect, the Earth might well have frozen over permanently, and life might never have gotten a toehold. But somehow life did.

要是我们没有受益于温室效应，地球很可能已经永久被冰雪覆盖。生命也许永远找不到一块立足之地。但是，生命以某种方式出现了。