performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
for today; for the time being
draw (in competition); tie game
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
moving to new seats; moving to new desks