jpdb beta

tankini

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descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; downhill (skiing race)

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high-necked

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place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)

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abrupt; sudden

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surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

2

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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as a child; when one was a child

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was

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whispering; murmuring; subdued

2

deadly serious; deadly earnest

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(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

2

to consult a dictionary

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

2

power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

3

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

2

tactics

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strategic arms

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

3

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

1

refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

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)

3

to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order

1

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

2

to throb; to beat fast

1

to obtain; to procure

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

reading (books)

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shoulder strap (on a dress)

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

2

14; fourteen

2

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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intelligence

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to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

3

open; frank; liberal; open-minded

2

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

1

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

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barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

2

end of this month

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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tenth day of the month; ten days

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Monday

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