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to apologize; to apologise

4

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

4

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

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education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

2

to shrug one's shoulders

2

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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high class; high grade

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16; sixteen

5

smoothly; easily; readily

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

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

2

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

3

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

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fray; frayed spot

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

inner room

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

7

for the first time in one's life

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

1

title; caption; heading

1

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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not long has passed since ...

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

3

inwardly; secretly

1

to take out; to drag out

2

being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

1

counter for books; volume

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)

2

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

5

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

2

to solve a mystery

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key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

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in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption

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just a little

2

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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