jpdb beta

finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

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novel; (short) story

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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the preceding visitor

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banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

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to pour on

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to sit on a seat

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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Mary

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stinger

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

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slowly; sluggishly

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fade

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what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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previous engagement; prior contract

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bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

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fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

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still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope

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to hold one's breath

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(pet) owner; keeper

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

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to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

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answer respectively agreement or disagreement

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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inertia; force of habit

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to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

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all eyes; public attention

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damage

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roughly

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true friendship

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mister; Mr

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