point in question (at issue)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
main cause; primary factor
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to flare up; to burst into flames
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
difference; discrepancy; variation
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to win and advance to the next round
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
general mobilization; general mobilisation
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight