torchbearer - choirmaster, messiah, pacesetter
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engrossing - absorbing, arresting, attractive, consuming, controlling, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing,
mix-up - admixture, anarchy, botch, chaos, composed, confusion, foul up, hash, hassle, license, mess, misrule, mixture, morass, muddle,
sob - bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blubber, boohoo, boom, bray, break down, breathe, burst into tears, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp,
blow-by-blow - circumstantial, detailed, full, itemized, minute, particular, thorough ,
take a joyride - bicycle, bike, bus, chauffeur, cycle, drive, entrain, joyride, motor, motorcycle, pedal, ride, taxi, wheel ,
unstirred - unaffected, undisturbed, unimpassioned, unimpressed, uninspired, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, untouched, untroubled ,
poker - andiron, chain, coal tongs, crane, crook, damper, fire hook, fire tongs, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller,
predisposed to - apt to, capable, disposed, given, inclined, liable to, likely to, minded, partial, predisposed, prone, ready ,
little - Lilliputian, a bit, a breath, a little, abject, abominable, ace, arrant, atom, atrocious, authoritarian, baby, back-burner, bantam, barely,
engrossing - absorbing, arresting, attractive, consuming, controlling, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing,
mix-up - admixture, anarchy, botch, chaos, composed, confusion, foul up, hash, hassle, license, mess, misrule, mixture, morass, muddle,
sob - bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blubber, boohoo, boom, bray, break down, breathe, burst into tears, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp,
blow-by-blow - circumstantial, detailed, full, itemized, minute, particular, thorough ,
take a joyride - bicycle, bike, bus, chauffeur, cycle, drive, entrain, joyride, motor, motorcycle, pedal, ride, taxi, wheel ,
unstirred - unaffected, undisturbed, unimpassioned, unimpressed, uninspired, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, untouched, untroubled ,
poker - andiron, chain, coal tongs, crane, crook, damper, fire hook, fire tongs, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller,
predisposed to - apt to, capable, disposed, given, inclined, liable to, likely to, minded, partial, predisposed, prone, ready ,
little - Lilliputian, a bit, a breath, a little, abject, abominable, ace, arrant, atom, atrocious, authoritarian, baby, back-burner, bantam, barely,

