looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
front; frontage; facade; main
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
troublesome; annoying; complicated
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
approximate age; age range
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to become settled; to be fixed
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite