jpdb beta

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

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thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

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ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist

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obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

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rare

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to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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about; concerning; related to; -ish

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admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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very much; very many; more and more

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inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

2

to bear; to endure

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for this reason

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just a little

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

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both; (not) either

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

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to torment; to harass; to tease

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

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ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

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love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

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wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

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jealousy; envy

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to crack jokes

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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exactly as stated; verbatim

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to cast a shadow

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really; truly

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(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

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one machine; one vehicle

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telephone number

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operator (e.g. telephone)

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structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

2

(telephone) receiver

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hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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