preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
3rd day of the month; three days
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
personal (employee); employed; retained
troupe; theatrical company
distrust of (other) human beings
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to be too late; to be too slow
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront
to cross the line; to go too far
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to stare back at; to look back at
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
accomplishment; execution
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance