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to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

5

dramatic

3

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

8

deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

10

ghost story; tale of the supernatural

6

ghost story; spooky story

1

honour; honor; glory; renown

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

2

to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

2

weird; eerie; uncanny

2

cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

4

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

19

total lie; downright lie

4

to push back; to press back; to force back

10

chewing gum; gum; rubber

2

number of houses; number of households

2

historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins

2

places of scenic beauty and historical interest

2

ceased patronage (of a client, customer, etc.); discontinued attendance

2

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

13

girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots

2

to keep walking

38

main street

6

reddish brown

1

edge of the eaves; house frontage

11

ghost town

8

suddenly; all of a sudden

15

church; congregation

31

brickwork

2

to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)

4

spittoon

1

opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

2

chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean

1

pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat

1

script; libretto; scenario

2

getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline

5

feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger

1

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

2

remote control; remote operation

20

evacuation; purgation

2

wire

9

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

16

to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

7

piece of bread; slice of bread

1

one ear

20

wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

1

garbage dump; dump site

2

deified volcano or volcanic eruption

1