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slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

2

coffee pot

1

separate; scattered; apart

1

butter knife

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

every meal

1

to have one's horizons broadened

1

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

2

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

1

relative; relation

1

attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor

1

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

1

driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver

1

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

1

change; alteration; modification

1

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

3

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

1

to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)

4

just one person; only one

8

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

answering machine; answer phone

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

1

on hand; readily available

1

dinner; evening meal

5

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

6

sunny spot; exposure to the sun

7

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

2

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

3

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

2

warm; mild; genial

8

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

5

just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

1

tasting; sampling

3

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

3

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

6

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

clunk; thump

1

week

4

several years; a few years

1

to keep (a person) waiting

1

illumination; lighting

6

right lobe

1

spiral; helix; screw

4