jpdb beta

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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to warm; to heat

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saviour; savior; messiah

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bang; slam; thud; crash

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someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

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to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

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advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

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without

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raid; assault; descent

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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clandestine meeting

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

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lunch; midday meal

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one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)

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from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

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to shut in; to confine; to contain

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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main question; real issue at hand

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funeral

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Buddhist memorial service

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every morning

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Buddhist (household) altar

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to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

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both elbows

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master

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to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

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side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

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great detective

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case file

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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production (e.g. play); direction

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