jpdb beta

to weaken

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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cook-house; galley; kitchen

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

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be; is

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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to make tea

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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that; those; the

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

3

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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be; is

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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(someone else's) daughter

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trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

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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

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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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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huge; big; gargantuan

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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player (of a sport); athlete; team member

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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we; us; I; me

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ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent

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indicates emphasis

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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welcome home

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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failure; mistake; blunder

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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lodging together; training camp; boarding house

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