jpdb beta

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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final; eventual; ultimate

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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sure; yeah; I know

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

4

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

7

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

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about when; about what time; how soon

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one month

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day before yesterday

2

both; both sides; both parties

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

1

main gate; main entrance

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

be; is

2

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

1

considerably; fairly; quite

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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since; henceforth

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to concern; to be related

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episode; anecdote; vignette

2

means; is; as for

3

black cat

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

8

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

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days

1

evening; night; dinner

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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radio programme; radio program

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pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program

4

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

panda

2

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

postcard; memo; note; card

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

2

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

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contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

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