all eyes; public attention
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to compose; to put together
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
mic stand; microphone stand
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
composition (of music); setting; writing music
hard-line policy; tough measure
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
radius of action; combat radius; sphere of activity; range of activity
to sit down; to take a seat
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
audience; attendance; hearers
in public; in company; in the presence of others
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke