to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
Les Miserables (novel, musical, etc.)
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
child actor; child actress; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
free (of charge); gratuitous
dozens; scores of; decades
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)