jpdb beta

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front

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another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

2

right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)

2

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

2

doctor; physician

4

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

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next year

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scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

3

to sit for an examination

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at a loss for words; stumped for words

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

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suddenly; with a jerk

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sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

2

to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

2

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

2

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

3

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

2

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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to laugh scornfully

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

rather; sooner; preferably

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to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

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question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

2

another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

2

influence; effect; impact

2

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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to do one's best; to put forth every effort

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patient

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil

3

so what!; who gives a damn?

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sloping shoulders

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place; position; location; position; standing; status

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