dress rehearsal; costume rehearsal
to approach the finale; to come to a close
water-based; aqueous; water-soluble
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
safety administration; safety control; safety management
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
wind music; wind instrument music
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
so-and-so; who?; which people?
final adjustment; final coordination
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
ascending and descending; going up and down
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
performer; entertainer; actor
to do over; to remake; to resume
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days