jpdb beta

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

2

burial

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(one's parents') home

2

graveyard; cemetery

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

3

last year

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visit to a grave

9

to come back

1

next year

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

2

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

2

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

3

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

to grow old; to age

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pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

raindrop

1

leather

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

standard size car; ordinary carriage (train); second-class carriage; ordinary car

3

parting; separation; farewell

2

large build; large pattern

1

left hand drive (of cars, etc.)

1

foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel

1

grill (esp. fish grill); grilled food; grill room; restaurant serving grilled food; (radiator) grille

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

crest; coat of arms

2

bucking horse; unmanageable horse

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

1

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

1

any one; any; whichever

1

to be too long

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to be too short

1

curl; curly hair; ringlet

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

3

nature; disposition

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exchange; conversion

2

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

advice; warning

1

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

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