live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to challenge (a person) to a fight
ready with a rifle leveled
looking on; remaining a spectator
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
much less; to say nothing of
and so; therefore; for that reason
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
profound; deep; unfathomable
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
ejection (of spent shell casings)
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to snatch from; to steal from
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to raise one's voice; to shout
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace