jpdb beta

to live; to make a living; to get on with

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acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

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to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

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education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

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earnings

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cold war; the Cold War

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not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

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way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

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to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

3

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

wicked woman; ugly woman

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best

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even now; still; as yet

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to pull tight; to brace; to tighten

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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to express (in words); to confess

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concession; conciliation; compromise

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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wedded life; married life

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to do so; to do thus

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grandchild

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to make an appearance

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hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

4

isn't it?; it really is

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carbonated water; sparkling water; fizzy water; soda water

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to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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gist; main point

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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digest; summary; abridgment

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several minutes; a few minutes

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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to come to like a lot; to fall in love

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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