jpdb beta

drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling

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to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)

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(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

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fish

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dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

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weeping; lamenting

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tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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even (e.g. as a child)

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angel

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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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pride; haughtiness

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proud; arrogant; haughty

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queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

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

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to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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to dishevel (hair)

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purity; spotlessness

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to grow up; to become an adult

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corner; nook; recess

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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to sell over to

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in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

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rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

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not having a single penny left; drained of every last cent

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

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when; how soon; how long until

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in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

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quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

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to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

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to be dying

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to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

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dim; gloomy

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

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to gather together

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

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programme; program; plans; arrangements

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