one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended
pupil; disciple; follower
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
while alive; during one's lifetime
successor; replacement; second wife
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
refinement; narrowing-down
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
selection; choice; picking out
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
relation; connection; relevance
in comparison to; rather than
(some) more; even more; longer; further
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
I see; that's right; indeed
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
cooperation; collaboration
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now