blissful	full of happiness
to pine for	to long for/ to miss sth
to tap into	to make use of sth, to take advantage
to get in on the act	to become involved in a particular action
to commemorate	to celebrate/ to do sth to keep sth else in people's mind
to chafe at	to become irritated, annoyed
novelty	sth new
interloper	sb who visits sb without invitation
to be at variance with sth	to be out of harmony, to disagree
hack work	hard and tedious
to keep sth in the dark	not to reveal one's secrets or information
plausible	believable, possible
at first sight/ glance	considered for the first time
to compel	to force sb to do sth
thorny	difficult to deal with, causing disagreement
amorphous	not having a particular shape
host of sth	large number of sth
to deem	to regard, to consider
limb	a hand or a leg
phantom	illusionary, not real
adjacent	situated next to
olfactory	referring to smell
to thrive	to flourish, to progress really well
dementia	mental disorder
sedentary	when you sit a lot
tidbit	small but interesting piece of information
saturated	full of moisture
culprit	a person that is responsible for sth
to rev up	to cause sth to work quickly
jitters	feeling of extreme nervousness
benign	gentle, kind, mild
cracker	beautiful girl/ an excellent or notable thing or a person
the average Joe	an ordinary person
to depict	to show sth as a picture
depiction	portrait
to perpetrate	to commit
to soothe	to make sth less intensive
to buck up	to cause sb to become more cheerful
reams of sth	a large quantity of sth
the best part of sth	more than half
wave of sth	sudden, temporary increase in specified activities
mayhem	violent disorder, confusion
snappy	irritable, lively, elegant, smart clothes
to snap at sb	to answer rudely
to dodge	to avoid
to be at the height of sth	to be at the top, the highest point of sth
to defend one's turf	to defend one's territory
turf	grass with the layer of soil
to be in the melting pot	to be in the process of changing
melting pot	a place where people with different nationalities meet
demeanour	the way of behaving, conduct
squalor	very dirty, unpleasant, morally degraded
to conjure up	to form a picture in one's mind, to imagine
rowdy	noisy and disorderly
conjuring	an instance of performing clever things considered magical