obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
rather; better; instead; if anything
had better ...; had better not ...
to face; to go towards; to head towards
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
visual confirmation; sighting
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
live-action film; movie produced without using animation; real-life film
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start