At a time when no luck was found. I got lucky. I got what others didn’t, a happy life. I know it may sound cliche
in that paragraph, the expression Mounting evidence could be a bit confusing, but it indicates that there's been reaserch about it before, and that it all points in the same direction, the more research proving the same point means the data is convincing. The answer is D.
Diminish means that it would disappear or get better.
so. C.
I think the answer is: direct object
He knew very little about gis father at first