jpdb beta

week

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individual; private person; personal; private

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random; random sampling

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

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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-years-old

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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to summon courage; to be brave

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region; limits; stage; level

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being bad at communication; being unsociable

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in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

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bouncing a ball against a wall (tennis exercise)

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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how long; how far; how much

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

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to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

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sea basses; groupers

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high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

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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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slender; slim

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unless one ...; if one does not ...

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gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look

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by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

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bowling (esp. tenpin)

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gesture; charades (game)

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

3

how can (one) do something

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drink; beverage

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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to look at the long term

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skirt

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short; brief

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culotte skirt; culottes

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showing one's face in public; facing another person

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to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

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two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

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female university student; female college student

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coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

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