pratfalls β a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
ruins β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
setbacks β a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
drops β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
lapses β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
peasants β a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
hicks β an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
barriers β anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.