imagination; supposition; guess
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch