subject-matter	main content
to fumble	to move quickly
to swig	to drink sth in large gulps
ordeal	difficult or painful experience
to stray	to do sth unacceptable in particular community
flagging career	weakening career
to tout	to make people buy sth in an annoying way
to wind up	to close or finish
to career down	to move quickly in an uncontrolable way
ruffled	disturbed
ambient	surrounding
in terms of	as regards
to contend	to compete/ to say sth that is true
to oust	to remove
snatch	an extract
to deface	to damage sth on its surface
to reach a plateau	to reach a state of little progress
ploy	an unfair thing that is used to get sth from sb/ a way of tricking
dexterity	skill in using one's hands
to account for	to explain
to diffuse	to spread all around
every walk of life	every social group
to misconstrue	to misrepresent
to sustain	to make sth continue to exist
divination	an instance of foretelling the future
to behold	to see sth unusual
half-hearted	without enthusiasm
gingerly	with great care and attention
a riot of sth	a large variety of sth
to intercept	to stop in motion
with hindsight	with wisdom taken from the previous experiences
to defy	to refuse
transient	lastin for a short period of time
back to square one	to be back at the beginning
to blight	to cause damage
to purport	to pretend
to elucidate	to explain
well-heeled	rich
overly	excessively