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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

3

minutes (period of)

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

10

one room

3

death by suffocation; death by choking

1

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

3

(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

5

tone

2

pupil; student; schoolchild

6

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

2

supplement; complement

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

5

sun

2

east

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

5

crime; offence; offense

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

2

great love; passionate affair

1

attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

7

-ish; -like

3

reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

4

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

3

pure love

1

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

class-B; B class; B grade; second rate

1

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

English (language)

2

principal of a private school

1

enrolling at a cram school

1

schoolgirl; female student

1

schoolboy; male student

2

naturally; of course; understandably

2

to catch one's attention

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

12

blackboard

4

English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

4

noun clause; nominal clause

1

adverbial clause

1