to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to torment; to harass; to tease
muddy water; red-light district
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
how many times; how often
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
conviction; belief; confidence
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
successor; replacement; second wife
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
two times; twice; two degrees
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities