jpdb beta

late at night; at a late hour

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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high five; high-touch

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to stoop; to bend over

2

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

2

fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

1

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

1

real name

7

Norman; Nauman; Naumann; Normann

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

drum; drums; drum kit

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

horn (musical instrument)

1

word; language; speech

1

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

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Don (Spanish honorific)

3

noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

3

to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

2

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

parade

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vermilion

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

3

ultimate goal

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to take the bus

2

stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place

2

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

5

getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting

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passenger

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

step; pace; stride

3

as you see; as you can see

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

1

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

1

bus

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the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

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gesture; charades (game)

2

road; highway

1

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

1

writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)

1

the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

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far away in the distance; in the far distance

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to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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high ground; plateau; heights

2

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

2

decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification

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defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

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