to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to happen to hear; to overhear
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
extreme north; North Pole
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
to check; to stop; to keep back
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
still (continuing); as ever; further
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
blur; blurred; indistinct
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
all nighter; sleepless night
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion