actor; actress; player; performer
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
order; sequence; procedure
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
every single word and phrase; word by word
everywhere; at every turn
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
third day of the month; three days
Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people
production (e.g. play); direction
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
young person; youth; young
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it