jpdb beta

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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because

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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living up to one's reputation

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personage; person (deserving of respect)

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now that; since; so long as; because

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to obtain; to procure

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

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to go; to come

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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

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to live; to reside; to inhabit

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

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skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

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surely; certainly

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rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)

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what sort; what kind

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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biological older brother

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to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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trivial; trifling

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individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

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to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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serious; severe; grave; acute

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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to ponder; to brood

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to frown; to squint

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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