disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
natural light; unpolarized light
complementation; supplementation; completion
reason; grounds; circumstances
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
relatively hot; fairly hot
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
thousands; several thousand
to play a leading role; to play a central part
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
tens of thousands of years
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
solution; solution strategy
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
random; unintentional; unintended
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
core system; mission-critical system
I don't want to boast but
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)