axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
everywhere; all over; throughout
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to watch for an unguarded moment
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
acrobatics; risky undertaking
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
localized (pain, rainfall, etc.); local
overlapping; piling; stacking
connection; link; relationship
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
remnants of an enemy army
to gather strength; to take heart
with a single blow; with one stroke
old or veteran army general
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
questions and answers; dialogue
to force one's way through
yell; shout; cry; roar; howl
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
belligerence; fighting spirit
be on your guard!; take care!
to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard
intenseness; violence; severity; vehemence; keenness