operational risk; operating risk
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
document; reportage; documentary; documentation
ratification; confirmation
transceiver (send and receive)
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to like; to love; to be fond of
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
meaning; connotation; denotation
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
epidemic; plague; pestilence
mass communication; mass media
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
point in common; common feature
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
trio; gang of three; threesome
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
female elementary school student
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
restoration (buildings, art, vehicles, etc.); (system) restore; recovery (file system, etc.)
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
to grill again; to rehash