bombarding; shelling; bombardment
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to complete decisively; to do to completion
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
jumping over (a hurdle); clearing (a fence); hurdling
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
violent explosion; bursting
just above; right overhead
battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
perfect; just right; ideal
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
marching orders; sailing orders
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
in name only; titular; nominal