holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
American continent; the Americas
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
strength; power; proficiency; ability
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
war clouds; threat of war
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)