to spread rumors; to spread rumours
calamity; disaster; accident
dozens; scores of; decades
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
around the world; throughout the world
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
town; city; municipal; urban
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be silent; to say nothing
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)