Roughly every decade this switches from explicit power grabs to unsubtle efforts to manipulate civilian leaders.

似乎每个十年都发生从攫取政权到试图操控平民转变。

Or there was soluble instant coffee, which was quick and easy but had an unsubtle flavour.

一种是溶咖啡，既快又简单，但味道不太精细。

The woman, with gestures that are comparatively unsubtle, seems to want to convey that it might have something to do with the moronic nature of the Lanky One in question.

而女用不怎么小手势想要回应，很可能问题就出在这个白痴瘦高个儿身上。