insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
even though; despite; when
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to thrust down; to push off
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
guess; speculation; supposition
to come back; to bloom a second time
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene