jpdb beta

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

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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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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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great joy

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you could say that

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I see; that's right; indeed

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granddaughter

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family a woman has married into

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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a few years later

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easy to imagine

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precedent

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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in the end; at the end of the day

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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shout; yell; scream

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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rampart; castle walls

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to twine around

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to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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retreating figure; appearance from behind

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

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to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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both hands; both arms; ten

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bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

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bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

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not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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