jpdb beta

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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dullard; indecisive person

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kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

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to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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priced dirt cheap

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philanthropic work; charitable enterprise

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orphanage

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joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

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in every way; in every aspect; from every angle

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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flickering; blinking

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to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered

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to be hideously burned; to be burned raw

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brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

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to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

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bundle; pack; bunch

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trivial; slight

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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taking care of someone

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Wen

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after school (at the end of the day)

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review; rehearsal

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taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course

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drastic; radical

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to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

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to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

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supplementary lessons

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to take (be in) charge of

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orphan; person without friends

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study; pursuit of knowledge

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

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row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows

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bright; intelligent; clever; smart

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to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

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to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

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expulsion from school

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to ask for too much; to expect too much

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fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

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to waste time

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to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

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