jpdb beta

uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

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to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

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to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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to shrug one's shoulders

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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seeing; looking at

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

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(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding

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worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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you could say that; that might be so

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to bring up indulgently; to coddle

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citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

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oneself; one's body

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as if; as though

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to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

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unrelated

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different mother

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older brother and older sister

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

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same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

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plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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relative; relation; kin

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one's subordinate

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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egoistic; self-centered; selfish

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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tale; narrative

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instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

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

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being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere

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end; close

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to keep a watchful eye on

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