jpdb beta

people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds

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constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

2

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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mere; simple; sheer

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

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head of the house

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

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20 years old

4

smoke; fumes

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flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

3

to vomit; to spit out

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perfect circle; cute

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

3

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

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prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

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turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

1

counselor; counsellor

1

probable; likely

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reluctantly; unwillingly

2

as (somebody) says

2

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

both knees

1

to ponder; to brood

4

ridiculous; odd

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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if I (we, etc.) could

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

3

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

3

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

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to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty

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appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

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to love

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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