jpdb beta

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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soccer club (at a school); football club

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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race

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romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance

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limit; restriction

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

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for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

1

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

1

grudge; complaint; reproach

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to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

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to be too late; to be too slow

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to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married

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closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

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sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

1

what sort; what kind

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

much less; to say nothing of

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siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

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

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base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

4

to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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behind one's back

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creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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instead; but (on the other hand)

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school friend

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

2

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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forelock; bangs

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unconditionally; as a rule

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(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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temporary

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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reason; cause

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everyday; always; at all times; frequently

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in fact

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to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

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