chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
and yet; though; when; in spite of
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to run away; to escape safely
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
sudden change; sudden turn
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to toady; to be obsequious
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification