Vocabulary

to pitch (e.g. a boat)

squelching; gurgling; bubbling

chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass

almost completely empty; virtually empty

clanging

to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more

to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; to kick sand (at someone) with one's hind legs

to act patronizingly

to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge

to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; to pluck out the eye of a live horse

to kill; to choke the life out of

to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule

to be suspected without cause

to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed

to pretend to be out

to enjoy prosperity

to perform the last rites over the deceased

to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed

confused mess; utter confusion

to look disheartened

to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable

to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail

to turn one's back (on the enemy)

to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind

to vent one's frustration; to relieve one's pent-up anger; to let off one's pent-up feelings; to let off steam

to look on with arms folded

to polish one's skills

to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

to avenge oneself

to collect evidence

to draw upon one's profound knowledge

to master the secrets of

to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

to be superstitious; to believe in omens

to rev (up) an engine; to race an engine