convenient; handy; useful
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
rational; reasonable; logical
retention; maintenance; preservation
interior; inside; internal
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
regulation; adjustment; control
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
idiot; dummy; joker; fool; trickster
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth