1.sensation (para. 1)

(1)produce/cause/create sensation(fml)

The moon landing in 1969 caused a worldwide sensation.

Other meanings:

One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.

Caroline had the sensation that she was being watched.

2.oversight (para. 2)

(1) Cf. mistake, error, blunder, slip, lapse, oversight

Your essay was not marked due to my oversight.

(2) Other meaning:

He has general oversight of all training courses.

3.reprimand (para. 2)

Cf. criticize, blame, scold, condemn, denounce, reprimand

4.condition (para. 2)

(1) condition for

They set/laid down strict conditions for using their information.

(2) condition of

The allies insisted on free elections as a condition of their continued support.

5.personage (para. 2)

Cf. person, personage, personnel, personality

6.bring…to a close (para. 2)

Similar expressions: draw/come to a close; draw/call sth to a close

The event occurred at the time when the Stone Age was drawing to a close.

It’s time to call this meeting to a close.

At last I drew my visit to a close.

7.quarters (para. 3)

(1)from quarters

Offers of financial help came from the most unexpected quarters.

(2) in (some) quarters

Concern has been expressed in some quarters about this policy.

8.departure from (para. 3)

This approach represents a radical departure from the previous policy.

9.Here we find a decided departure from the spirit and the letter of the Declaration.

indulge (para. 9)

(1)vt. indulge sb

She did not believe in indulging the children with presents.

(2) vi. indulge in

Eva had never been one to indulge in self-pity.

10.just round the corner (para. 18)

They lived in Chestnut Street round the corner.

The kids go to school just round the corner.

Other meaning: The fortune-teller told Jane that there was an adventure for her just round the corner.

11.at ease (para. 34)

(1)feel/look at (one’s) ease

(2)put/set sb at his/her ease

The joke that the interviewer cracked instantly put me at ease.

(3)feel/look ill at ease

You always look ill at ease in a suit.

(4)Cf. with ease

12.out of nowhere (para. 44)

Mr. Jones was driving too fast on the expressway when a police patrol car appeared out of nowhere and stopped him.

Houses had sprung up out of nowhere on the hills.