link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
officers and soldiers; soldiers
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
laboratory animal; experimental animal
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
one's post; place of work; workplace
under; underexposure; underdevelopment; under par
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
briskly; quickly; promptly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
with a clink (click, clack)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
measurement error; calculation error
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
automatic; intransitive verb
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
mechanism; organization; organisation
to join together; to combine; to join up
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
ability; performance; efficiency
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating