speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
installation (esp. software)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
(period of) a year; during an era
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
to show signs of; to appear
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
to go underground; to go into hiding
one day; (on) a certain day
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
respect and affection; love and respect
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
if so; in that case; in that situation
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
on hand; readily available
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to bury; to embed; to implant