jpdb beta

hey there; I say; see here

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one's mother

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you could say that

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figure; body shape; build; physique; form

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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number one

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

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awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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alarm bell

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hit; strike; blow

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shin; shank; lower leg

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arithmetic

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about this time

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

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to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

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to lose sight of; to miss

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

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jet black

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hint; suggestion

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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outer wall

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commissioned officer

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to polish up; to shine up

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leather

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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wax

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walking briskly; determinedly

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to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker

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possible; likely; probable

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focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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ah; oh; hey!

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to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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it seems so; that's what it looks like

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temple (side of head)

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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Rudyard Kipling

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poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

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