| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | become a little more skilled | понавыкнуть (in) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | become a little more skilled at/in | поднатореть |
| Gruzovik, inf. | become a little more skilled in | понавыкнуть |
| inf. | become a little more skilled | поднатореть (at, in) |
| uncom. | become a skilled hand | натореть (приобрести навык, опыт Супру) |
| gen. | become a skilled hand | набить руку (at something – на чём-либо Anglophile) |
| fig., inf. | become a skilled hand at something | набить руку на (чем-либо) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | become a skilled hand at something | набивать руку на чём-н. |
| fig., inf. | become a skilled hand at something | набивать руку на (чем-либо) |
| Makarov., inf. | become skilled | поднатореть (at, in; в) |
| inf. | become skilled | натореть (in, at) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | become skilled in/at | натореть |
| gen. | become skilled | поднатореть (in/at Anglophile) |
| gen. | become skilled at | ставить (SirReal) |
| gen. | skilled turners became redundant in consequence of using NC-system | опытные токари стали ненужными вследствие использования систем ЧПУ |
