That's a big-ass wrench you've got there.

She writes romantic fantasy and science fiction, and makes liberal use of the substance known as handwavium.

It was a difficult time, and I’m {none - not any} the wiser for it.

the misunderstandings and differences between Dutch and Hindians—the terminological shifts between Dutch and Europeans, on the one hand, and between Hindians and Javanese on the other