severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
royal; loyal; royal custard; custard royale
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
ticket window; box office; ticket
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
thick curtain; drop curtain
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
drama; play; powerful drug
to be dispersed; to get separated
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to find out; to discover; to detect
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
script; screenplay; scenario
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
theatre-going; theater-going
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)