jpdb beta

contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

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system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

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to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

2

academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school

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lunch; midday meal

1

to hang; to hang up

2

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

3

picnic blanket

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difficult to eat; unpalatable

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

3

sandwich

2

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

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undisputed; entirely; perfect

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to be palatable; to suit one's taste

3

seawater; saltwater

2

to cramp; to be cramped; to contract

1

roast beef

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lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

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subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

1

bottom of one's heart

2

privilege; special right

1

fate; chance

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

3

face; looks; vestiges; trace

4

to become bloodshot

2

to wring the neck; to strangle

2

to tear off; to rip off

2

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

just the other day; quite recently

2

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

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to send in

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

2

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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bandage; dressing

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first-aid kit

3

school infirmary

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inconvenient

2

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to understand; to make out

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hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

sincere; honest; faithful

4

locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

2

blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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despair; hopelessness

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

3

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

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