to have an idea; to have a clue
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
broken; intermittent; disconnected
environment; circumstance
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
grasp; catch; understanding
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
too much; excessively; too
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
modern civilization; modern civilisation
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
administrative expenses; management expenses
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to go into the minutest details
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
representative; exemplary; model