jpdb beta

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

9

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

3

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

4

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

2

karaoke

1

three years

12

while; during (the time when)

3

alternately; by turns; one after the other

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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even now; still; as yet

17

as (somebody) says

6

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

1

punishment; penalty

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

5

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

4

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

4

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

11

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

padlock

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

5

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

3

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

6

envelope

3

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

5

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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second edition; additional printing

3

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

2

magazine

1

fan letter; fan mail

3

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

9

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

9

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

4

heartbeat

3

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

3

to get dry

3

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

1

a bit more; a bit longer

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

7

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

5

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

4

to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.)

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

3

was

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

4