jpdb beta

example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

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strategy; tactics

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

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propelling pencil; mechanical pencil

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success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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overall summary; (e.g. news) roundup

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examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

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blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

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encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)

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camera

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photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

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upstairs

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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even if; even though; however; no matter how

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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you could say that

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

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therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

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feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted

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(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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with a bang (clash, bump)

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to go to meet somebody

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alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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

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dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

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waist; waistline; waist measurement

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cardigan

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

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pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to turn one's face away

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

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touching (somebody)

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feeling; mood

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annoying; noisy; strict

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school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

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totteringly; trudgingly

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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