monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to accept; to receive; to agree
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to make a speech; to address
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
many; a lot; much; multitude
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable