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consumption; expenditure

3

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

3

proposal; motion; recommendation

2

one week

2

short term; short time

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

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

2

one's own work; making by oneself

2

guaranteed; authentic; certified

1

obstruction; inhibition

1

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

looks; personal appearance; features

1

general idea; concept; notion

2

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

2

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

regret; repentance; remorse

1

efficient

1

oratory; eloquence

1

speed

1

to be sooty; to be stained

1

shade

1

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

1

popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

2

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

2

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

width of a road

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

2

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

2

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

one machine; one vehicle

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

long and narrow

1

two-storied building

1

to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

1

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

30

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

5