jpdb beta

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

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timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

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behind one's back

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hysterical; hysteric

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emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

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to glance at; to glimpse

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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proud; elated

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it's already too late

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in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption

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to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

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to marry into a family of rank; to marry money

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

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(one's) pay; wages

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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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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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social disposition

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good correspondent; ready writer

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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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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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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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rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

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to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

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to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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as usual

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that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

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frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

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only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

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fake; something false; sham; deception

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article; news story; report; account

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favour; favor

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process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

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one eyebrow

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to knit (one's eyebrows)

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secret information; intelligence

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under control (e.g. of territory)

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folding one's arms

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doing whatever one pleases

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to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence

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fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

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just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

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