technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
not worth considering; out of the question
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
every year; yearly; annually
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
riskiness; (level of) danger
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to order; to command; to appoint
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
support; backing; patronage
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to not believe one's ears
to comfort; to console; to amuse
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
receive only; RO; incoming calls only (telephone)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
even though it is not; despite not
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
to face on; to look out on to
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
beforehand; in advance; previously
to need; to demand; to take; to require