jpdb beta

pipe; tube

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to be conceited

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to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

publishing house

2

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

4

hesitation; indecision

1

cause; origin

3

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

3

perhaps; maybe; possibly

1

molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

1

opinion; view; comment

1

(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

finishing reading

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

2

desolate; dreary; bleak

4

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

mental image; mental picture; image

1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

1

old river

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Sumie

2

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

2

to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

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

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

2

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

2

one's view (opinion) of women

1

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

1

first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

newspaper

1

arts and sciences; liberal arts

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

1

presence; sitting with; being with

1

to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1