jpdb beta

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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review (of learned material); revision

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right of veto

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don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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taking measurements

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mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

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figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

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conscience

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little finger; pinky; little toe

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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with these words; while saying

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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polish; refinement

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cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

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temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

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frill

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)

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simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

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to feel ashamed

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is not; am not; are not

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sense of security

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young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise

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like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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point-blank range

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

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gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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part; part-timer; part-time (work)

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to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

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etiquette; courtesy

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to hate; to dislike

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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small; fine; detailed; stingy

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to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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love marriage

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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marriage; matrimony

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

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altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

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civilized society; civilised society

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