jpdb beta

to invite; to show (someone) in

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to shine in (light); to illuminate

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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

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meeting hall; assembly hall

2

while at a distance; indirectly; casually

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Packard; Packard (automobile marque)

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mealtime

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entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering

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intimacy; friendship

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best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

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chat; desultory conversation

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to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

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indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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bridge of nose

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surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; conjecture; supposition

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accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

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elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

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the very best; excellent; superb

3

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

4

to be highly pleased

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betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

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good prospects; full of hope; promising

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congratulation

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Haia

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Chinese-style low dining table; Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

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treasure

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condor (incl. other New World vultures of family Cathartidae); Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)

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getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts

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to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

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top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items

2

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

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

abattoir; slaughterhouse

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it's not like; it isn't as if

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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reluctantly; unwillingly

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reluctantly

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

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to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

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wheat flour; flour made using wheat imported from America

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twilled fabric

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minutes (period of)

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example; role model

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folding book; folded sections of a book

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ongoing; in progress; afoot

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to know thoroughly

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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