manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
absolute obedience; complete submission
making efficient; optimization
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to say no more; to sink into silence
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
three kinds; three varieties
surgery; surgical procedure
discretion; judgement; judgment
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
separation; farewell; parting
how long; how far; how much
to take measures; to take steps
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
mining; digging; working (a mine)
countermeasure; counter-measure
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
decrease; reduction; decline
dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to fill (a glass) with water
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature