jpdb beta

was

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

this time; now

2

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

1

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

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

3

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

3

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

1

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

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off

1

if it's the case

2

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

1

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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huh?; what's up?

4

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

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we; us

3

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

2

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

3

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

1

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

3

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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