jpdb beta

to exchange glances

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you (plural)

10

we

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

2

indescribable; having no way to express

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

1

passing by

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to hate; to dislike; to loathe

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

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whispering into a person's ear

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serious; severe; grave; acute

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expression; look; countenance; face

2

nod; inclination of the head

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium

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to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

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difference; disparity; gap

4

to become bloodshot

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

2

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

2

hunger; starvation

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inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

1

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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bridge

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whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

1

to step forward; to volunteer

3

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

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to throw away

5

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

1

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

meaningless; pointless

1

one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

2

sound of something falling

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stairs; stairway; staircase

5

to fall off; to tumble down

4

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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to turn a somersault

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very deeply

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to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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