jpdb beta

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

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comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

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cooked rice; meal

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

2

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

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(Western) soup

2

to sniff out; to get wind of

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

8

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

5

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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shoulder

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to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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looking pale; looking unwell

2

to lose heart; to lose motivation

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materials; data; document

4

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

bolt from the blue; great surprise

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nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

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small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

2

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

1

if you insist (on it)

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to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)

2

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

3

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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French (language)

2

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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(a) look; gaze

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counter for languages

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

4

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

to become hungry

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to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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rest; break; recess; intermission

2

to laugh scornfully

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