skillful; clever; versatile; handy
gradually; slowly but steadily
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
product; produce; result; fruit
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
abuse; misuse; perversion
to be in danger of; to be liable to
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
alteration; falsification; faking
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
prohibition; inhibition; ban
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
every place; various places
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
society; the world; the times
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
riskiness; (level of) danger
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to shake one's head (in denial)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
possible; likely; probable
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)