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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

1

evening

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

3

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

3

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

relief; peace of mind

2

apparent; obvious; very clear

1

distribution of property

1

world; society; people; the public

2

to fear; to be afraid of

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

(social) position; status

1

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

4

serious illness; dangerous disease

1

lawyer; attorney

3

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

3

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

2

hospitalization; hospitalisation

3

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

4

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

2

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

1

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

6

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

2

nephew

3

one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

this sort of

2

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

6

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

3

bold; daring; audacious

1

sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

3

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

2

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

3

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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