jpdb beta

self-assertion

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luxury car

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

3

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

6

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2

Manfred

2

member of the upper house; senator

6

Little Italy

3

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

mainly; primarily

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

3

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

2

good friend

1

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

1

cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

1

staying one night

1

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

1

thank you

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

coat; coating

1

hat; cap

3

persuasion

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next day

1

impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

3

very young; little; childish; immature

3

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

4

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

2

Czeslaw

1

chess

11

evening; last night; yesterday evening

3

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

2

no, not like that (but like this)

2

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

1

person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

1

older sister; lass; young lady

5

then; if so; if

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strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

3

tonight; this evening

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

3

to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

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