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language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

2

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

1

empty; vacant; hollow

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

corner; nook; recess

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

1

bookshop; bookstore

18

to sit (down)

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

2

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

3

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

final selection

1

within; inside of; less than

2

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

2

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

4

check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque

4

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

6

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

4

large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)

4

to catch one's attention

3

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

2

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

2

further; above; anymore

1

two

3

three; three years of age

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

preface; foreword; preamble

5

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

2

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

3

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

thanks; gratitude

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

2

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

4

reading comprehension; ability to read and understand

2

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

short essay; pamphlet; tract

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

3

short time

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

1