reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
active; dynamic; behavioural
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
theatre-going; theater-going
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
treatment; service; handling; management
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)