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to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

9

promising without due consideration

4

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

3

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

30

divine; imperial

9

face

5

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

2

native; native speaker

1

automatic

3

secret; private; surreptitious

2

secrecy; keeping secret

3

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

2

message

12

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

separate case; another matter; different matter; another project

9

losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

1

to betray a secret; to reveal a secret

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

4

brand name; trade name; product name

4

with a start; with a jump

4

with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly

5

to interrupt; to butt in

2

stop (on a train's route)

1

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

13

to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate

4

for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

impoliteness

1

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

9

reply; answer; response

6

10th day of the month; ten days

12

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

4

having gone too far to turn back

3

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

3

tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

1

dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams

1

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

16

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

1

digest; summary; abridgment

1

martial arts; military arts; Bushido

1

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

2

truancy; absence without leave

2

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

2

gossip

1

to have a chill run down one's spine

2

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

6

(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz

2

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

3