preparation;  arrangements;  getting ready;  provision;  setup;  reserving
 now that you mention it;  come to think of it;  that reminds me;  on that subject;  speaking of which
 decisive battle;  deciding match;  play-off
 stage (theatre, theater);  scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
 achievement;  attainment;  accomplishment;  realization
 10,000;  ten thousand;  myriad;  everything;  all; (arch.)  various
 severe;  strict;  hard (to do);  difficult;  intense (e.g. cold);  harsh (weather)
 back-facing;  backwards;  backward-looking;  retrogressive;  reactionary
 to calm down;  to compose oneself;  to calm down;  to settle down;  to settle down (in a location, job, etc.);  to settle in;  to be settled
 work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.);  opus;  performance;  production
 cold (e.g. weather);  uninteresting (esp. joke);  lame;  dull
 outside;  exterior;  the open (air);  other place;  somewhere else
 as is;  as it is;  as things are;  like this;  this way;  at this rate
 bad (taste);  unpalatable;  poor;  unskillful;  ugly;  unattractive
 barker;  tout;  hawker;  calling out to potential customers
 honest;  frank;  candid;  honestly;  frankly
 emotional attachment;  attitude (expressing emotion);  meditative pose (e.g. an actor);  posing for effect
 loveable;  very likeable;  like very much
 end;  conclusion;  last;  final;  no sooner than;  once
 approximately;  about;  to (about) the extent that;  (almost) enough that;  as ... as ...;  like
 to be helpful;  to be useful
 opposite side;  other side;  over there;  that way;  the other party;  the other person
 wasteful;  a waste;  too good;  more than one deserves;  impious;  profane
 contents;  content;  substance;  matter;  detail;  import
 confirmation;  verification;  validation;  review;  check;  affirmation
 other party;  other side;  ahead;  in front;  destination
 to want;  to wish for;  to request;  to demand;  to seek;  to search for
 trend;  course of action;  directionality;  directivity;  directional;  vectorial
 zeal;  enthusiasm;  ardor;  ardour
 any;  anything;  whatever;  I am told;  I hear;  I understand
 to turn back (e.g. half-way);  to return;  to go back;  to recover (e.g. something lost);  to be returned;  to rebound
 all;  entire;  whole;  altogether
 surely;  undoubtedly;  sternly;  severely;  having no slack;  rigid
 regret;  repentance;  remorse
 never mind that;  don't worry about that;  listen up
 to sleep (lying down);  to go to bed;  to lie in bed;  to lie down;  to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse);  to lie flat (e.g. of hair);  to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
 to fall (over, down);  to collapse;  to be destroyed (in a collapse);  to collapse;  to be confined to bed (with an illness);  to come down with;  to die
 to ferry across (e.g. a river);  to carry across;  to lay across;  to build across;  to hand over;  to hand in