outskirts (of a town); run-down district
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
generation; the world; the age
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
this world; this life; this generation; present day
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
day by day; every day; by the day
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
trembling with excitement
white horse; unrefined sake
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
Cadillac (automotive brand); Cadillac
(right at the) side; just beside