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to burst into laughter

1

buyer

1

wastepaper basket; wastebasket

4

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

3

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

1

fine thread

2

box for holding papers or stationery

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

shell (e.g. electron shell)

1

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

7

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

1

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

2

phew; whew

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

4

huge; big; gargantuan

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

8

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

7

licking; dead drunk; blind drunk

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

7

to take a picture

1

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

3

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

6

silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)

1

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

3

apology; excuse

1

to tear; to rip

3

shabby; seedy

1

kindness; intimacy; friendship

1

newly-wed; newly married

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

2

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

1

tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut; restaurant; coffee shop; cafe

2

to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)

2

past and present

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

pre-existing; already there; conventional

1

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

1

probable; likely

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

to be needed; to be wanted

4

to arrive; to come to pass

2

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

6

pessimistic; gloomy

1

philosophy

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

2