jpdb beta

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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mother

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taking the initiative

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break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity

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leaving; accepting

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special mention

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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beam; joist

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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shades of night; night scene

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manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

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lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life

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tooth

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mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

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charming; fascinating; voluptuous

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matter of concern and interest

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

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beloved wife

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to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

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courage; nerve; grit

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on

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thoughts; thinking

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bluff

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to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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youngest child

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to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

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(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

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memory; ability to remember

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

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example; role model

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another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

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hesitation; indecision

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smoothly; easily; readily

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to draw a line

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as a child; when one was a child

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to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

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column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

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comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage

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