full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
association; union; guild
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
criticism; critique; review; commentary
article; news story; report; account
health; healthy; sound; fit
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
talk; story; conversation
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
nothing but; none other than
preparing for action or battle
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
clapping and cheering; applause
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do