jpdb beta

to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

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slightly; faintly

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first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star

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to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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look, look!

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inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

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evening sun; setting sun

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

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early in the morning

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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to moan; to groan

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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of late; lately; this part; this point; here

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to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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calming down; quieting down

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freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public

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last spurt; final spurt; home stretch

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very busy

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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physical work; manual labour (labor)

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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leaving early

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immediately; right away; on the spot

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command; command key

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how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

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word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

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to gather in a circle; to form a circle

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day before yesterday

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering

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to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction

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pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent

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