jpdb beta

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

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(one's) pay; wages

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perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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stealthily; secretly; in secret

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing

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construction work

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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report; information

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with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

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blessing

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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social disposition

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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good correspondent; ready writer

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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Austin

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Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

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to; towards; for

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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door; gate; opening; title page

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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beloved wife

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headache

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

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as if; as though

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calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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misprint; typographical error; typo

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name; given name; first name

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newspaper

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

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