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to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

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to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

3

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

4

family name; lineage; birth; clan

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

3

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

2

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

1

to make merry; to be festive

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

3

reader

2

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

2

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

solution of a riddle

2

to put back in a good mood; to cheer up

1

large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

2

white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce

1

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

2

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

2

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

2

biology

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

1

boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent

3

to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)

2

extreme; radical

1

transfer student; student changing schools

1

experiences

3

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

3

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

1

detour; diversion

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to overdo; to do too much

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

2

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

2

we

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follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

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