if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
nice; likeable; desirable
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
high voltage; high pressure
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
old friend; old acquaintance
cardinal (Catholic church)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
string instrument; stringed instrument
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
female friend; woman friend
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
several minutes; a few minutes
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass