jpdb beta

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

festival; feast; carnival

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or something

1

boatman; ferryman

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fee; charge; fare

3

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

2

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

3

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

2

running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching

1

unloading (a ship); landing

3

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

crowd of people

6

this much; this amount

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

the whole town

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know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

(not so) much; (not) very

3

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

3

to grow old

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ignorant of the ways of the world

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degree; extent

2

pride; boast

2

same; similar; (just) like; equal

2

to shake off

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inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

3

container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

1

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

1

exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

2

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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town; city; municipal; urban

2

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

5

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

1

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

2

peddler; pedlar; hawker

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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captive; prisoner

1

to look around; to tour

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examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

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to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1

implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

1

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

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