troubled face; worried expression
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to succeed; to bear fruit
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to pile up; to accumulate
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to be flexible; to be accommodating
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
waste of time; killing time
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
going around; patrol; round; tour
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
thunderous roar; roaring sound
every person; each one; everybody
just one person; only one
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event