wake-up call
1- بیدارکننده از خواب غفلت, علامت خطر، هشدار
2- تلفن بیدار کننده
flattered
خشنود, راضی
spiral
1- مارپيچ رفتن، پيچ خوردن و بالا (يا پايين ) رفتن
2- بدتر شدن, از کنترل خارج شدن
3- از مهار خارج شدن, بالا رفتن, تصاعدی بالا رفتن
wake-up call
1- an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation
* The success of extremist groups in the elections should be a wake-up call to all decent citizens.
2- a telephone call that someone makes to you, especially at a hotel, to wake you up in the morning SYN alarm call
More examples;
• That had been his wake-up call.
• This should be a wake-up call to everyone.
• Clinton recently had a wake-up call.
Longman Dictionary
spiral
1- to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes round
spiral to/around etc
* The damaged plane spiralled to the ground.
2- if a situation spirals, it gets worse, more violent etc in a way that cannot be controlled
* Crime has spiraled out of control.
3- if debt or the cost of something spirals, it increases quickly in a way that cannot be controlled SYN escalate
* the spiralling cost of legal services