whet the knife
gird, limber up, warm up ,
make progress - advance, ameliorate, amend, come along, come on, develop, fare well, gain, get ahead, get along, get on, go, go ahead, go along, go on,
cast plastic - laminate, plastic, polymer, synthetic ,
earthy - abandoned, adobe, animal, anthropocentric, anthropological, bawdy, beastly, bestial, bodily, broad, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal-minded,
take it easy - be careful, be cautious, bed, bed down, calm down, coast, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, couch, curl up, drift, get organized, go on tiptoe,
exposure meter - candle, equipment, exposure, flux, intensity, light, light meter, lumen, photon, quantum ,
be resolved - buckle down, die hard, go for broke, mind, never say die ,
weak link - blemish, bug, catch, chink, crack, defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, failing, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty,
obliged - acknowledging, appreciative, beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, compelled, crediting, duty-bound, forced, grateful, in duty bound,
rigour - absolute zero, absoluteness, abstinence, abstruseness, accuracy, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, anchoritic monasticism,
gloat over - adore, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, crow, crow over, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, enjoy, exult, feast on, freak out on,
cast plastic - laminate, plastic, polymer, synthetic ,
earthy - abandoned, adobe, animal, anthropocentric, anthropological, bawdy, beastly, bestial, bodily, broad, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal-minded,
take it easy - be careful, be cautious, bed, bed down, calm down, coast, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, couch, curl up, drift, get organized, go on tiptoe,
exposure meter - candle, equipment, exposure, flux, intensity, light, light meter, lumen, photon, quantum ,
be resolved - buckle down, die hard, go for broke, mind, never say die ,
weak link - blemish, bug, catch, chink, crack, defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, failing, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty,
obliged - acknowledging, appreciative, beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, cognizant of, committed, compelled, crediting, duty-bound, forced, grateful, in duty bound,
rigour - absolute zero, absoluteness, abstinence, abstruseness, accuracy, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, anchoritic monasticism,
gloat over - adore, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, crow, crow over, delight, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, eat up, enjoy, exult, feast on, freak out on,