to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
calamity; disaster; misfortune
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
to put on airs; to assume importance
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
event; phenomenon; matter
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
anything and everything; just about everything
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
breakthrough; great discovery
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
appearance; figure; shape; form
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
production; output; turning out
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort