power; might; authority; influence
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
future prospects; promise
being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
addict; junkie; substance abuser
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to escape from; to get out
setting off (on a trip); departure
now that; since; as long as; provided that
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
dinner theater; dinner and a show