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certain evidence; definite evidence

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

5

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

misfire

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

3

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

relative; relation; kin

1

security guard; doorkeeper

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

after having come this far; now that we've come this far

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

4

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

cooperative; helpful

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

ruin; destruction; fall

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

3

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

2

night; nighttime

2

to graduate from a university

2

small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop

4

ambitious person

3

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

3

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

2

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

2

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

2

only daughter

2

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

3

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

now; nowadays

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

1

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

2

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

2