jpdb beta

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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once more; again

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

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character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

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reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

little by little

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

2

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

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in a day; in a brief space of time

1

however

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

7

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

3

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

1

admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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gently; quietly; calmly

2

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

2

innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

decision; determination; resolution

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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next day

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

2

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

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one third; a third part

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attendance (at school); going to school

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

2

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

first period (e.g. first class in school day)

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subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

5

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

to show; to display

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

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give-and-take

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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last night; yesterday evening

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