jpdb beta

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

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respect and affection; love and respect

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

3

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

2

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

pressure; force

2

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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decorum; propriety; politeness

1

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

self-deprecating; self-mocking

3

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

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

2

matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

2

greatest mistake of one's life

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

coarse; crude

1

conscious; deliberate; intentional

2

this much; this amount

1

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

to leave behind

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

history

4

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

establishment; settlement

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

2

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

longevity; long life

1

to walk away; to saunter off

1

over one's shoulder

3

memory; sense; experience

1

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

2

wooden building; wooden architecture

1

pupil; student; schoolchild

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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