actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
successor; replacement; second wife
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
ability; capability; skill
laughing while reminiscing
audience; spectator; spectators
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to support each other; to support one another
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
difference; variation; difference
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
question; inquiry; enquiry
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
generation; lifetime; age
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
three generations; three periods; third generation
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
individual; private person; personal; private
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of