jpdb beta

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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homeless person; vagabond; tramp

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pretty

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field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)

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halfwit; blockhead; fool

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taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

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

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soot

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analysis

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agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

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cooperation; coordination; link

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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to knead well; to polish; to refine

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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experiment

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

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to fall into ruin; to be desolated

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here and there; in places

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

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(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

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tree; trees and shrubs

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yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

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rather than

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(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

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to continue (to say)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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eternity; perpetuity

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gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

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to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

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to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

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that's so, isn't it

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wicked tongue; abusive language

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exactly as stated; verbatim

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to look at; to gaze; to stare at

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careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

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to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to

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