entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
whole face; all over one's face
survival; survivor; relic
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
to stick it out (until the end)
better than nothing; better than none at all
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
battle dust; the tumult of war
bloody wind; wind carrying the stench of blood from a battle
to pitch forward; to fall forward
ponds and swamps; retard; mentally disabled person
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
minister (of a government department)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
nod; inclination of the head
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
interception; counter-attack
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir