anxiety caused by being without access to a functioning mobile phone.

running or moving lightly over a surface.

given to scratching the ground for food, as is the habit of chickens and other gallinaceous birds.

antiquated or obsolete.

a gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank by the action of water, whether from natural or artificial causes.

to restore to the first or original state or condition.

holding together; not easily pulled asunder; tough.

one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels.

to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.

to later revise an established element of a fictional story.