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crab fishing; crabbing

2

simulation game

1

action of making something; -ification

2

selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves

1

wild idea; delusion

4

diary; journal

1

simulated experience; simulation

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

3

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

year before last

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

4

winter vacation; winter holidays

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

3

snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas

2

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

4

unluckily

1

disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

2

to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

1

cave; cavern; den; grotto

1

relief; aid; rescue

2

piercing (cold); biting (wind)

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

5

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

4

to become completely chilled

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

5

warming; warmth

2

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

4

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

in those days

1

moment; instant

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

2

tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart

1

fire; flame; blaze

5

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

4

to throw on the fire; to burn

1

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

1

to engrave; to carve out

1

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

plainly; clearly; vividly

1

The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

1

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

8

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

10

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

1