jpdb beta

growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

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jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines

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strap (to hang onto)

2

tenacity; endurance

1

both; (not) either

1

person; member

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

posture; stance

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in one's imagination

1

periodic medical check-up (examination)

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thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing

1

liver

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cancer

3

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

1

early detection (of an illness)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

postoperative; after surgery

1

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier

1

low salary

1

friend; acquaintance

1

honest; steady

1

great love; passionate affair

1

boy; eldest son

1

one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

2

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

above all else

1

small salary; meagre salary; low pay

1

to lack

1

convenient; handy; useful

1

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

1

repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

earnings

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

2

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

1

to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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