to have no chance (of succeeding)
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
ectogenesis; outside the body
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
main battery; main armament
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
base (military, expedition, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
with a start; with a jump
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence