AMBIGUITY/CLARITY (الـغـمـوض/الـوضـوح)

:الـغـمـوض/الـوضـوح

• To explain away the seemingly improbable in terms of the commonplace.

• To solve a riddle.

• To resolve possible ambiguity.

• To clear up any confusion,…

• To dispel the myth that…

• A full explanation of this is difficult to come by.

• To offer/provide a partial explanation for sth.

• The most likely explanation is that…

• One possible explanation could be that…

• To gain clear insight into sth.

• The origin of…remains a mystery/is shrouded in obscurity/secrecy.

• A bundle of contradictions.

• A mixed picture emerges.

• To be self-contradictory.

• To make it abundantly clear that…

• To show unambiguously/ unequivocally that…

• The results are unequivocal.

• His message is unmistakable.

• Illogicalities and inconsistencies.

• This sounds gross.

• It makes sense.

• It doesn’t make sense.

• To avoid confusion in the minds of people.

• It causes confusion.

• The confusion occurs/arises when different interests clash.

• For understandable reasons.

• …and with good reason.

• They had every reason to be afraid.

• For unclear/inexplicable reasons,…

• I find it quite beyond my grasp.

• It must be made clear, by rewording as necessary, that…

• It was clear to everyone that…

• This is blindingly obvious.

• This raised some eyebrows among cynical watchers.

• It’s not hard to see why.

• I’d never understood until now how + ADJ + N + are.

• Is he any closer to solving the mystery?

• …which needs no explanation.

• Glaringly obvious.

• Self-explanatory – pretty self-evident.

• Not sufficiently explicit.

• To offer a complete explanation.

• It is really weird/odd that…

• But why…I can’t quite make out.

• Not to have the faintest idea or clue/the slightest knowledge of…

• …is only vaguely known/ understood.

• …is only beginning to be understood.

• It is understood that…

• He has vainly tried to explain it away.

• I simply am not…

• To follow a logical line of reasoning.

• A logical progression.

• …, so the reasoning goes,…

• …, so the theory goes,…

• If…, the thinking goes,…

• Random guessing.

• To make a guess as where X is.

• When you need to find out what option, among several thousand to choose from, no wonder you’re confused.

• To make clear-headed decisions.

• Don’t get me wrong – Don’t mistake me.

• It may be that I’m mistaken.

• I think you are getting me wrong!

• You’ve wrongly supposed that…

• I’m afraid, you’ve got the wrong end of the stick.

• I can’t digest it.

• I don’t quite follow you.

• Why don’t you understand?

• To add to the confusion,… – Confusingly,…

• Vaguely,… – Mysteriously,…

• Strange as it may seem,…

• It’s as simple as that.

• For greater clarity,…

• For the sake of clarity,…

• With razor-/laser-sharp clarity.