The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

Casualties are said to total up to 1,000.

The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.

Death is preferable to dishonor.

This is a friendly reminder about an overdue invoice.

The manager threatened him with dismissal.

The manager put forward a new proposal.

The expenditure totaled 200,000 yen.

When their leader died, they placed his body in a large tomb.

A conductor directs an orchestra.