jpdb beta

to not believe one's ears

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

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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

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word; vocabulary

2

way of talking; speaking style

1

praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

7

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

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thread; yarn; string

2

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

1

one after another; in rapid succession

1

endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

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to shed tears

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to make a speech; to address

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

2

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

2

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

10

long; (for a) long time

4

self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness

1

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

1

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

street; quarter; district; area

2

cape (on coast)

4

along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

2

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

2

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)

2

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

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to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

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approximately the same

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strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

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

3

second (in a series)

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)

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always; all the time

1

many layers; many piles

1

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

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sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun

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ocean; deep sea

1