influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
as (for); for; in the capacity of
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
immediately; right away; on the spot
refutation; rebuttal; retort
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
that day; the very same day
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
curse; spell; malediction
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
in comparison to; rather than
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
reigning; controlling; dictating
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover