jpdb beta

the four seasons

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newcomer; initiate; rookie

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sinking; submerging; sinker; weight

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

2

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

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fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

3

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

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dream

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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how dare ...; how could ...

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hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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five; 5

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

fisherman

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was; were

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

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I can tell you; heh

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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each; every

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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dullard; indecisive person

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small boat

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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be; is

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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full of; brimming with

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

3

to love

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murder; murderer

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work; business; company; study

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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mum; mom

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