jpdb beta

doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

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house where one was born; one's parents' house

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material; materials; data; information; documents

2

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

2

house; family

4

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

3

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

3

compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately

1

to kill; to choke the life out of

1

to make a profit

1

to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

1

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer

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hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

4

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

2

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

3

bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice

1

pleasure-seeking

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character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

2

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

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almost; nearly; close to

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crossroads; intersection

2

direct appeal; direct petition

1

heartening; reassuring

2

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

3

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

1

to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time

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had better ...; had better not ...

2

oh, yes?; really?

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conservative

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not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

1

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

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crossing; intersection

3

to turn left; to turn to the left

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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