function; facility; faculty; feature
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
unanticipated; unexpected
houses and inhabitants; population
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
commander; commanding officer; CO
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
finally; in the end; on top of all that
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
two days later; day after next; next day but one
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
grasp; catch; understanding
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
to put in a (plaster) cast
human intellect; knowledge
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
excited condition; excited state
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to be transparent; to show through
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting