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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

1

idea

1

dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

2

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

2

couple

2

shop; small store; business; firm

1

roadside trees

1

decoration; arrangement

1

youthful; young; young-looking

1

colour usage; color usage; use of colour

1

blessing

2

to sell

2

chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

1

cake

3

topping

1

Santa; Santa Claus

4

costume

1

Merry Christmas

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest

2

cloudy sky; overcast sky

1

to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

to come and go; to go back and forth

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

2

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

1

to bear; to endure

2

ground; earth's surface

9

to attract; to be used to

1

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

15

(romantic) love

1

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

1

promenade; esplanade

1

unreserved

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

4

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2

shriek; scream

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

13

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

1

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

1