hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
fortress; stronghold; citadel
gigantic stone; megalith; massive boulder
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
place to die; place of death
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to err; to take the wrong path; to go astray
atrocity; (arch.) treason
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest
younger people; future generations
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)