jpdb beta

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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a bit more; a bit longer

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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any more; any further; any better; any longer

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to bear; to endure

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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we; us

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

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party; banquet; feast

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sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal

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fat; tallow; lard; grease

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to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

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carpaccio

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to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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of course; certainly; naturally

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at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

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an issue being settled; a case being closed

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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bloomers; (girls') gym shorts

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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

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suddenly; all of a sudden

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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one by one; one after another; successively

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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children

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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