jpdb beta

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

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quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)

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public telephone; pay phone

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(telephone) receiver

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to install a telephone

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civilized person; civilized people

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common use; communal use; sharing

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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to telephone; to make a phone call

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rarely; seldom

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

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to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

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whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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as always; as ever; though it's always the case

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see you later; goodbye; sincerely

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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long talk

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straining one's ears

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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fifth day of the month; five days

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one week

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beginning of the year; early in the New Year

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genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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

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discharge; dismissal

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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punishment; penalty

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bolt from the blue; great surprise

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patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

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United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

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rich person

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dandy; fop; esthete

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gentleman

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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old man; old geezer

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adopted daughter; foster daughter

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vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

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property; fortune; assets

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immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

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Oakey

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to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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