Vocabulary

to ambush

to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss

to complain about; to grumble about; to moan about; to bemoan

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

to smash; to break into pieces

to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands)

to begin to strike

to beat out (a fire)

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to slap something onto; to dash (e.g. to the floor)

to knock down; to utterly defeat

to knock down; to knock off

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

to take back; to recapture

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

to grieve and moan

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

to grope for; to fumble

to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out

to find out

to temper thoroughly

to flick out; to spring out; to repel

to burst open; to split open; to pop

to have a talk with

to begin to know

to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)

to feel deeply ashamed (of)

to be shy of; to be bashful; to be abashed; to blush

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

to play pranks

to change clothes

to save up (money)

to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of)

to mourn; to condole

to slap down; to knock down; to floor