abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
description; describing; depicting
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
nothing but; none other than
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
shore; bank (of a body of water)
it's not like; it isn't as if
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
half-wit; fool; simpleton
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
if so; if it be so; in that case; then
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate