drama; theatre; theater; play
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
all; entire; whole; altogether
beginning; outset; first; onset
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
physical education; PE; gym (class)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to be detained; to take time
ceased patronage (of a client, customer, etc.); discontinued attendance
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
from now; from this moment; henceforth
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
library (usu. single-room); small library
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)