get people to do whatever she wants

enlisted thousands of others

If you enlist the help of someone, you persuade them to help or support you in doing something.

feel restive

If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied. (FORMAL)

liven it up

/l'aɪvən/ ==liven up If a place or event livens up, or if something livens it up, it becomes more interesting and exciting.

cut to the chase

to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important    开门见山；直接切入主题

butter people up

If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them. (BRIT INFORMAL)

it was miles too slow

miles too big/small/expensive, etc. informal ■very much bigger/smaller/more expensive, etc. than you would like    实在太大／小／贵等

attest how much they had enjoyed having me

To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true. (FORMAL)

a fiend /fiːnd/ with the thank-you letter

1 an evil and cruel person

2 someone who likes something very much or is very interested in something

rattle on for a page and a half

to talk for a long time, especially about things that are not important

bringing the evening to life

to make something more real or exciting, or to become more real or exciting    赋予…生命，使…鲜活起来