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detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

8

reason; pretext; motive

69

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

12

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

40

fifty; 50

18

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

1

lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

4

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

42

the very picture of ...

3

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

6

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

23

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

9

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

3

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

71

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

4

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

11

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

67

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

129

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

130

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

2

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

83

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

337

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

3

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

15

rather; better; instead; if anything

11

to become an expert; to be master at

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

264

popular name; common name; given name

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

2

to fear; to be afraid of

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

58

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

70

the same; the said; likewise

6

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

194

it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

1

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

3

definite; sure

1

is not; am not; are not

12

borrowing; debt; loan

4

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

63

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

37

on one hand; on the other hand

3

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

55

deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable

2