jpdb beta

peat

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posterity; future life; life to come

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laughingstock

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

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bright sunshine; broad daylight

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matter for great congratulation

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a period (of time)

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

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sanity; soundness of mind; prudence and discretion; (arch.) drunkenness

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

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to be superior to

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left; left hand side

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easy; simple; light

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immediately following

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it's no joke; gimme a break!

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

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shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

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unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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desperately; for one's dear life

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

3

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

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paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

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full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

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jam-packed; packed in like sardines

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sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

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virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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satisfactory; decent

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difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

2

handkerchief

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

2

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

2

several tens

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strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

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consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

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if I (we, etc.) could

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big; large; great

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sense of responsibility

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