jpdb beta

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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dubbing; adding a new audio (usu. voice) track to an existing video, film, etc.; dubbing; re-recording existing video or audio data to a new DVD, tape, etc.

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to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

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actual profit; practical use; benefit

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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to get in touch with

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true character; real nature

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the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

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to overhear

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to stop crying; to cry oneself out

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change of occupation; career change

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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to begin to speak

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just now; a little while back; a short time ago

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the matter you have been talking about

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he; him; boyfriend

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marriage

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to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

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something (or other)

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

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isolation; being alone; being friendless

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to make a sound

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little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat

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rape; sexual assault

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arson; setting fire

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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for this reason

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revenge

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not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

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superior; better

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riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

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logic

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window

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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