script; screenplay; scenario
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
signing; autograph session
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
jungle; jungle; jungle music
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
request; appeal; claim; purchase
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
fashion item; fashion accessory
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars