opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
side parting; hair parted to one side
corpulence; fatness; obesity
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
secretary (government); director; chief
one's long-cherished desire
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
wish; desire; ambition; choice
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
government office; government agency; authorities
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
(a place) out of one's reach
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
thick curtain; drop curtain
leading part; leading actor; leading actress