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excuse; explanation

2

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

to prevent; to take precautions

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish

2

money

3

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

4

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

3

which; well; now; c'mon

1

Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)

35

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

5

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

4

phenomenon

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

class

3

chief; main; principal; important

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

dealing with; coping with

3

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

4

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

2

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

2

acquisition; possession

2

to grasp tightly

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

1

to overflow from something full

2

powerful; strong

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

5

chance; opportunity

3

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

1

cost; expense

1

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

(means of) raising money

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

deliverables

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

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

1

as always; as usual

3

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

to be conceited

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

right; privilege

2

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

1