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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

2

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

4

without

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

future years; in (one's) later years

1

talent; ability

3

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

1

major stockholder; large shareholder

1

dwelling; house; residence; address

6

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

waste of time; killing time

1

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

2

chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses

1

mainly; primarily

1

helper; assistant; help

1

selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock

1

employer's house; master's house

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2

to carry in; to bring in

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

2

sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar

1

only daughter

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

even though; despite; when

3

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

groan; moan; moaning

3

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing

1

one's previous name

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

2

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

to moan; to groan

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

facing upward

1