technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
head start; initiative; preemption
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
there being no use in arguing (about it)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
(physical) growth; development
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
no-good man; (male) loser
inscrutable; incomprehensible
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
conviction; belief; confidence