jpdb beta

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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moving; touching; stirring

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lettuce

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electricity; (electric) light

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happy

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

4

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support

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it seems that; as if

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit

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junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

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mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus

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draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

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person who is ...; thing that is ...

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except

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mother

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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mother

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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number-withheld phone calls

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congratulations

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(the thing) itself

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increase

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edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication

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obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

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replacement; correcting

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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paper money; note; bill

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coin; hard currency

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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detail

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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ceasing to write; ceasing one's writing activities; retiring as a writer; putting down one's pen

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seeing; looking at

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

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