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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

2

to become keen on; to get passionate about

1

password; watchword; motto; slogan

1

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

2

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

transfer student; student changing schools

1

reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn

1

word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

2

mysterious

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

classmate

1

very popular; highly favoured

1

spittoon

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

point in common; common feature

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

1

few days

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

1

to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)

2

lock

2

cheer; shout of joy

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

4

bow; bowing

1

Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance

1

hot

1

to be thirsty

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

to look around; to tour

2

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

2

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

2

limited time; limited-time offer

4

locked room; secret room

3

dinner; evening meal

1

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

3