jpdb beta

comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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age 10

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second wife

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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secondary residence

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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several times; several degrees

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Agnes

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to die

8

illegitimate child; bastard; love child

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for the first time in one's life

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different mother

2

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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for many days

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territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

3

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

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one day; (on) a certain day

2

adopted daughter; foster daughter

4

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

distant; cold; formal

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

3

spacious; vast; wide

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

2

the same age

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

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to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

2

sinful; wicked; immoral

2

to realize; to realise

2

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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same; similar; (just) like; equal

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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candidate; applicant

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

1

surrounding at a distance

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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