jpdb beta

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

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emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

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to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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work-in-progress; working state

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winner; victor

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last week; the week before

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arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

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rather; better

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

2

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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to start eating

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

normally; habitually

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hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

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this week

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custom; practice; convention; precedent

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to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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at times; occasionally

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

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one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

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to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

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on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

3

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

2

though; much as

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

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disregarding; ignoring

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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it is I who should say so

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

to mediate; to intervene

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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appetite (for food)

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half-eaten

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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exceedingly; very

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student in a higher grade; upperclassman

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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exactly as stated; verbatim

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exception

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helper; assistant; help

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to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

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high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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