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

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

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

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