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