audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
completion (of a building)
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
knowledge; information; opinion; view
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
contrarian trading; contrarian investing
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
negative emotions; negative feelings
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
festival merrymaking; revelry
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
loud shout; excited cheering
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking