彼は借金がたまって夜逃げ同然に町を去った。
He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.

闇夜に鉄砲じゃあるまいし、そんな場当たり的なやり方でうまくいくとは思えないよ。
That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?

健は四人のうちで一番年下です。
Ken is the youngest of the four.

彼は世にもまれな大政治家である。
He is as great a statesman as any.