chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
otherwise; if not; or else
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
running away; escaping on foot
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
endurance; perseverance; patience
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
throwaway; disposable; single-use
instead; but (on the other hand)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to gain a victory; to win
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
deep-seated grudge; hatred
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
detour; circumvention; turning movement
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open; to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to use and then throw away
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)