"Neither or" is not correct English. If that was written by a native speaker, they must have made a typing error. Alternatively, because the "or" comes a few words after the "neither" maybe they forgot they should be using "neither nor" and turned it into "neither or" in error.

He was given a ten dollar fine.

Difficult question, I can see why you are confused. 1) I think that with being and becoming titles and ranks you don't need an article: To be come president (of the United States), to become King (of Sweden), to be promoted to general etc. Probably best to learn this as a set phrase. In general, if you use "the" it refers back to something you were just talking about. For example you could say, "He was a member of the Council, and then he became the President" - here you would mean he is THE president of that specific council you were just talking about. 2) Action is a general concept here so it does not need an article to describe it, as it describes the man's inherent characteristics: a man of integrity, a woman of importance, a enemy of poverty. If you said, "a man of the action", then a native speaker would immediately ask you "What action are you talking about? What specific action did you just mention?" Plus no one would say "a man of the action" anyway. In English, general concepts don't tend to have an article. For example: "Honesty is important", never "The honesty is important". Also, in your third sentence, you should have written: "I am interested in THE words "president" and "action" ", because here you are referring back to two specific words that you just mentioned.

You are correct.

If you thrust a sword into someone's body, then it will pierce their skin and penetrate into their flesh. Therefore: - thrust is the motion of the sword before it enters the person's body - pierce is the process where it goes through the top layer of skin - penetrate is the movement of the sword deeper into the flesh (penetrate can also be through the top layer of skin too)

"rap rapped" means the same as "rapped" i.e. to tap or bang on the wall. By putting "rap rapped", the writer has made use of the technique known as onomatopoeia, i.e. he has made the word sound more like the sound it is representing: it sounds more like a tapping or rapping sound as this kind of sound is repeated twice or more. Other examples would be: The baby bird cheep-cheeped so that his mother could find him The woodpecker tap-tapped his beak against the tree, to make a hole.

What are you asking me? --> You are asking me questions What are you asking me for? --> You want something to ask somebody something = to ask somebody a question to ask somebody for something = to ask somebody to give you something