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almost; roughly; approximately

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

6

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

4

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

2

wise; clever; smart

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

class

3

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

2

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

2

capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

1

simple; easy

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

4

future; distant future

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

6

so far as

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to lend a hand; to help

2

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

5

one has no other choice but to do what one has to do

1

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

3

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

2

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

2

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

2

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

5

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

5

axe; ax; hatchet

1

one's way; one's path

2

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

5

to surround; to crowd around

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

4

incident; affair; happening; event

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

5

this sort of

1

fortress; stronghold; citadel

1

town; city; municipal; urban

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

4

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

3

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

foreign enemy; outside invader

2