technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
progress; advance; improvement; development
distant; remote; isolated
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
(someone else's) child; child; kid
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
way; method; means; resource; course
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
control; management (e.g. of a business)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to make an appearance; to show up
now that; since; so long as; because
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
power; authority; jurisdiction
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
interference; intervention; meddling
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
how; in what way; by what means
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
very interesting; of great interest