Several men chuckled, but quickly stifled their laughter.,Although Wang Zhong has never been on a battlefield, he doesn't think of himself as a coward who would wet his pants the moment he steps onto one—probably.,Alyosha is a nickname for his given name, "Alexei." Russians only use nicknames among close friends and family. People they aren't as familiar with are addressed by their patronymic, which is the long string in the middle there, Konstantinovich.。