tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
ten; 10; ten years of age
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
several sheets (flat objects)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
three-way junction; three-way intersection
virile; tough; masculine; intense
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
I appreciate your efforts
trivial; not amounting to much
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
another thing; other things; another man's property
preparations for a journey
two classes; double; two sets
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
someone (something) not to be trifled with
falling rocks; fallen rocks
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
reopening; resumption; restarting
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void
tenth day of the month; ten days
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person