microscopically vain hope(You supplicate yourself in the microscopically vain hope that he will agree to be an angel investor in our idea, which, to date, is notable only for costing us our life savingsTaras)
vestige(The general ruck of our politicians have scarcely a vestige of noble principle – Основная масса наших политиков едва ли имеет представление о высоких принципах Taras)