both groups; both factions
due form; official; formality
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to appear in the newspaper
personage; person (deserving of respect)
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
array; muster; line-up; full force
police officer; policeman; constable
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
stirred up; inspired; moved to action
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
hooting; jeering; heckling