vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
at the last moment; this late in the game
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
scene; spectacle; sight; view
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
by far; far and away; far away; far off; long ago; long before
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
in person; personally; directly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
forcibly; against one's will
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away