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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

4

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

selling by the piece

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

she; her; girlfriend

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

to check through; to thoroughly investigate

1

famous; fame

1

only daughter

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

2

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

2

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

parents; both parents

1

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

to feel; to sense; to experience

2

to escape; to run away

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

2

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

2

father

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

to build; to construct

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

4

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

1

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

to do as one likes

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

ability; capability; skill

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

personal feelings; self-interest

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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