jpdb beta

real name

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Nelson Algren

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Chicago

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essay

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inspector general; commissioner

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one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

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sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

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wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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Sunday

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grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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gambler; gamester

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to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

2

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

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bedding; bedclothes

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roll-call; muster

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putting out the light; switching off the light

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military style; army style

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

3

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

1

badness; evilness; bad; evil

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

3

police cell; place of detention; jail

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generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

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trouble

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Franky

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one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

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architect

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plan; design; layout

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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criticism; critique

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material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

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nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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space; room; airspace

3

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

1

client; requester

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construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship

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oxygen (O)

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exit and entrance

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to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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fiction

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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