desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
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
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
small number; few; minority
totally willing; fully motivated
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
trembling with excitement
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
same family (race, tribe)
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
monolith; large slab of rock
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
good humour (humor); good mood
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
hell on earth; living hell
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to be charged with a mission