disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
(necessary) personnel; required person
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
rebel; traitor; insurgent
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to grumble about something (trivial)
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
papier-mâché; player who is not a dealer (in cards)
to stop midway; to interrupt
to bite off; to gnaw through
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
one of these days; someday; one day
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
low; vulgar; base; ignoble; mean; selfish
detour; circuitous route; diversion
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
remainder; the rest; what is left