jpdb beta

teaching materials

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online shopping; e-commerce; mail order

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site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

2

beriberi

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

6

ocean fish; saltwater fish

6

was

4

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

4

cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

3

forehead; brow

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

2

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

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to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

3

to make eye contact

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

3

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

4

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

1

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

before long; even now

4

motive; incentive; motif

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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expressing one's mind; speaking out

1

to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender

2

he; she; that guy

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

6

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

1

cost; expense

2

calculation; computation

1

timing

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sale

1

protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

1

place; room; margin; scope

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to be found

4

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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

3

fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize

2

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

as if; as though

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

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