jpdb beta

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

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to head home; to leave for home

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house

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every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

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profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

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beyond; across; the other side; the distance

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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to come to one's senses; to calm down

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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folding one's arms

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choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

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pitch black

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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empty-handed

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passing each other

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to detain; to check; to restrain

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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tidying up; finishing

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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by force

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dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

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miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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tiled; covered with ceramic tiles

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

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to stamp one's feet

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gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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