protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
true meaning; underlying principle
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to roll about; to writhe about
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
soldier; combatant; warrior
to breathe out; to exhale
stimulating; exciting; provocative
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
one's share; one's portion
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
question; inquiry; enquiry