to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
open; public; official; overt
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)