Thousands of miles away

catch at a straw(Any port in a storm.)

do a thing beyond one's ability

unadaptable to changing circumstances

Vow to annihilate the rebels

every street and alley(streets and lanes)

promote able men

the whole nation(everyone in the country)

clinquant

may you die without sons curse

Be decisive

when all is said and done(in the last analysis; after all)

prefer death to disgrace(die for the cause of justice and righteousness)

hate evil like an enemy

as quiet as the grave

the only one of its kind

consistently

mountebank(charlatan; swindler)

keep/carry a stiff upper lip(to face trouble bravely)

under the nether world