troupe; theatrical company
tool; implement; means; furniture
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
really good; irresistible
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
script; screenplay; scenario
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
menu; schedule; program; menu
to be built up; to be crowded with houses
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)