carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
chapter one; first chapter
reverse chronological order
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
pistol; handgun; revolver
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
detonator; percussion cap
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
acceleration; speeding up
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
flash (of light); glint; schiller