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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

3

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

5

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

1

rock

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

2

to make plans

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

face contorted and about to cry

1

evening party

1

to congratulate; to celebrate

1

presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

2

dress code

2

one's (only) good suit (or kimono)

1

bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

1

unveiling; debut; introduction

2

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

1

escort

4

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

11

firm promise; definite promise

2

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

1

chef

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

2

written invitation

2

invitation

7

clink; clatter; clang

5

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

1

meat dish

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness

1

degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

5

a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

1

to feel depressed; to be down

1

to cross one's mind; to be reminded

2

the most extreme

1

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

2

sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

knockout

2

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

4

to offer (put up) resistance

3

titleholder

1

age difference; age gap

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

to lead someone around by the nose

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

2