heir; inheritor; successor
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
nice; likeable; desirable
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
how many years; how long; what year
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
witnessing; observing; sighting
to keep away; to keep at a distance
at that time; in those days
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
still; even now; to this day
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
as; because; with; due to
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
one's house; one's home; one's family
acquaintance; appreciative friend
tedious; boring; being fed up with
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
(political) power; authority; influence
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
how many people; a number of people
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet