deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
genuine; authentic; true; real
story; tale; talk; discussion
theatre; theater; playhouse
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
thick curtain; drop curtain
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
extremely; very; really; super; so
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
scenery; scene; landscape
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
treachery; betrayal; perfidy