small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
under control (e.g. of territory)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
military forces; hosts; troops
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
long-awaited; much-awaited
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to straighten up; to sit upright
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
menial; meanness; servility; abject
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
to harm; to cause harm to
bulging eyes; goggle eyes; saucer eyes
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
everybody; every last one of them; all
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
oh my god; how; what the; incredible