jpdb beta

students attending lectures

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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troubled face; worried expression

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rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

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to project; to stick out; to stand out

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

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to swell up

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crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

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being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

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restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

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to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing

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tip; end; point

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constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)

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human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

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this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

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to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

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evidence; proof

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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easy to understand

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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

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to be forward; to be impertinent

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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convenient; handy; useful

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to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

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to experience

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lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

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each time

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to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

3

scene; sight; scenario; setting

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to perspire; to sweat

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charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

3

saliva; sputum

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mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm

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atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

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the reverse; other side; lining

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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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both; both sides; both parties

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oral sex; fellatio; cunnilingus

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pressure; compression

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to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

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bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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splashing (water)

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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