trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
there is nothing; having nothing
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row