jpdb beta

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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briskly; quickly; promptly

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first meeting; first interview with

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near-miss; just missing (each other)

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elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

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fourth-year student

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annoying; provoking

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current girlfriend

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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policewoman

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to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

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very important person; VIP

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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to wrap up

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

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amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

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library

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wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood

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blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

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poster

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to have the nerve to

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

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being startled

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without a moment's delay

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firmly; solidly; heartily

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to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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glug-glug

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sign; signal; cue

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bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

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to hesitate to say

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say; well; um; er

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to feel oneself indebted to

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former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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shawl

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wig; hairpiece; toupee

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real hair; one's own hair

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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abashment; bashfulness

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to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

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