inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
to win and advance to the next round
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
audience (with a person of high standing)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
who cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?
another; different; something else
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
inattention; absent-mindedness
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
to delight; to give pleasure
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to mix; to blend; to combine
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
apathy; lethargic state; state of lassitude
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
(only) one option; one possible choice