news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
festival merrymaking; revelry
fluent (in a language); flowing
way of reciting; way of telling a story
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
control; check; restraint; inhibition
beyond that point; after that
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
enumeration; citation; listing
posing a question; question
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
8000; eight thousand; many
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant