0 in many elected political systems, a member of a political party in a parliament, etc., who is in charge of making certain that other party members are present at voting time and that they vote in a particular way. In the British political system, the chief whip of the governing political party in parliament is also a member of the cabinet (= group of important government ministers) and has the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.