senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
important post; important office; key position
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
philanderer; womanizer; man who takes advantage of women; womanizing; philandering
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
being in one's room (office, etc.)
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
rational; logical; coherent
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
all you have to do is; just; that's all
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
another day; some other day