jpdb beta

one's own country

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next week

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to grow dark slowly

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sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

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so much; so; like that

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consecutive holidays

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study; library; den; home office; reading room

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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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beyond description

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main cause; primary factor

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coupled with; together

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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hmm; I see; hrm

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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nonessential and nonurgent; unnecessary

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gardener

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

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speaking voice; talking voice

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

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until now; so far; up to the present

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to feel blue; to feel depressed

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feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

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as always; as usual

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to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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lucky; fortunate

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peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

1

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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control; check; restraint; inhibition

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expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

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to see; to look; to watch; to try to

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being startled; getting a shock

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operation (of machine); operating; running; working

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships

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influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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