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catbird seatnoun the more favorable condition or position in a competitionyour fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting advantage, better, bulge, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, startascendancy(also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendencyprecedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, senioritybreak, foothold, opportunitybenefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall coign of vantage disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike detriment, strangleholddisparity, imbalance, inequality, unevennessdisability, failing, impairment, shortcomingbar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammellurch, setback the center of public attentionin the wake of the natural disaster, this obscure bureaucrat was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into the catbird seat in 1942 |