explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
that's a different matter; that's a different story
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
non-polluting; pollution-free; clean (e.g. energy)
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
change; transformation; inversion
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft, warships, etc.)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to fight to the bitter end
band; zone; range; bandwidth
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
limited; limiting; restrictive
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
ability; performance; efficiency
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove