script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
conference room; council room
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to telephone; to make a phone call
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
script; screenplay; scenario
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
original author (of a work)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
ongoing; in progress; afoot
scenery; scene; landscape
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case