backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
moment by moment; hour by hour
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
recitation; reciting from memory
trivial; not amounting to much
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
troupe; theatrical company
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
change of course; route change; direction change
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
simmer; bubble out; flow out
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
locker room; changing room; dressing room
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to run down (stairs, etc.)