trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
small number; few; minority
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
for a while; for some time; for a period
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
freedom; liberty; independence
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
100,000; hundred thousand
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to come into being; to be born
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
sneer; derision; scornful laugh
crown (of creation); apex; the best
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
originality; creation; invention
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
almost; roughly; approximately
trouble; bother; annoyance
confusion; mixing; merger
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
exile; banishment; deportation
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
prohibition; inhibition; ban