Vocabulary

peashooter

miniature book

legume; podded plant

to miss one's footing

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to hold one's ground

to stamp out (a fire)

to step firmly (on)

to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down

to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to stamp through

to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot

to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly)

survey; exploration; field investigation

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

to escape; to run away

to flee; to run away

to escape safely

runaway; fugitive

to look through

to be transparent; to leave a gap

to be transparent; to show through

transparency; permeability

perspective drawing; (use of) perspective

transparency

potter

ceramics shop

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

to butt heads; to head-butt

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to blow one's top

to be concerned about

to rack one's brains

to cool down one's anger

burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom

alliteration

skull; cranium

to distinguish oneself; to stand out