polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small
CCD; charge-coupled device
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
blur; blurred; indistinct
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
struggle (for); scramble; contest
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics