random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
detonator; percussion cap
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
to be annoying; to be troublesome
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
main battery; main armament
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish