jpdb beta

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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halo

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be; is

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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Liz

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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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child soldier

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special; particular; peculiar; unique

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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the world in general; society; convention

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event; function

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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this world; this life; world of the living

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returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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badness; evilness; bad; evil

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person

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

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to hide; to conceal oneself

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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to pretend

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now; nowadays

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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