jpdb beta

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

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marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)

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provisional; temporary; tentative

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to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

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awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

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earlobe

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

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to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

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rank; standing

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bottleneck

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high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability

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grouping

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list; wrist

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contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

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together; at the same time; same; identical

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had better do so

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one third; a third part

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intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together

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how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

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clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

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to tremble

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to jump up and down; to hop

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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(written) report

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opposite; reverse; contrary

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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touch; being involved in

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so; like this; in this way

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height; elevated place

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news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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fashion

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taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

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to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

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taking care of something by oneself; self-management

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ability; faculty

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to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

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repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

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to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

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to come into view

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the sense of hearing

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