to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to take off one's glasses
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
as far as the eye can see
royal capital; imperial capital
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
(a place) within one's reach
stopping functioning; being out of service
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to be conspicuous; to stand out
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
bundling up (in layers of clothes)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
good performance; good work; great success
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
one's first campaign; one's first battle
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)