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1 unexpected calamity

2 sudden disaster

1 time travel series (on TV)

1 backwards

2 reverse direction

1 to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)

1 to lay down one's arms

2 to surrender

3 to disarm

1 preceding part of the text

1 spoiled

2 sour

3 moldy

1 (dialect) wall brick

1 pitch dark

1 eldest daughter of an affluent family

2 (polite) your daughter

3 bossy or indulged young woman

4 Miss High and Mighty

1 diversionary tactic

2 smokescreen

1 (duck)

1 inclinations and interests

2 delight

3 fun

4 interest

5 appeal

1 to involve others (in a law case)

1 ultimatum (loanword)

1 soon after

2 later

3 then

1 (particle used for comparison and "-er than")

2 to compare

3 to contrast

4 to gesture (with hands)

5 ratio

1 England (historical loan, from English)

1 to rapidly go up in the world

2 meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)

1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)