jpdb beta

long-established; old-established; traditional

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one or two; a few; small number

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to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

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strong drink

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one-year-old

2

newborn

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laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

2

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

3

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

1

rescue mission; evacuation operation

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

impression; strong belief; conviction

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

lip reading

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happy; cheerful; pleasant

1

minority peoples

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tundra; sharp and sarcastic without ever acting lovestruck

2

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

3

criminal law; penal code

1

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

dreamy state of mind

1

alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner

1

confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop

1

fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted

1

connection; relation

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

1

choo-choo train

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demo tape; demonstration tape

2

moose (Alces alces); elk

2

phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register

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totally uninteresting

1

vitamin pills

1

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

1

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

1

(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry

1

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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spring

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east end; eastern tip

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manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

2

hostile relations; hostile relationship

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underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

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inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

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optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

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small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

1