in accordance with plans; just as planned
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
guardian; protector; patron; parent
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
loading; charging; filling
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
major incident; major happening; big scandal
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
person with a bounty on their head
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
extreme masochist; very masochistic
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)