year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
madder red; dark red; crimson
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
that is to say; so that means
genius; prodigy; natural gift
class; heading; group; category
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
material (data) for one's research; research material
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to read (a book, etc.) over again
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to say; to tell; to state; to do
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
again; once more; a second time
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hereabouts; around there; that area
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient