composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
electricity; (electric) light
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be fated; to be linked by fate
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
one (thing); one piece; one item
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
material; substance; matter
rather than; more ... than ...
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
communication technology; communications technology