machinery; gadgetry; equipment
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to interlace; to interweave
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
practice by repetition; learning by rote
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
even more; still more; further
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to do someone in; to bump someone off
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting