exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
interested person; volunteer; supporter
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
loving listening to something; loving to listen to something
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
release (of a film, product, etc.); publication; release; liberation; release (of a previously pressed mouse button)
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
blunder; slip; error; error
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
hamburger (in a bun); burger
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
musical item being performed; performed song
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
ongoing; in progress; afoot
centre; center; center fielder
by your leave; with your permission
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
trying out (a musical instrument; e.g. in a store); test-playing