jpdb beta

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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retirement (from the world); seclusion

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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war orphan

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to grow up; to become an adult

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coexistence

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pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

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good boy; good girl

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to begin to appear; to begin to come in

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

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if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

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few decades; many decades; several decades

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

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darkness

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younger sister

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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caller; visitor

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three years

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to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

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midway; halfway through; in the course of

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to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine

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melon; gourd

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

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to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

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to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

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rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

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mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

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finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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half a lifetime

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supreme; sublime; highest

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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painter; artist

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adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration

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beautiful woman; beauty; belle

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long hair

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point in common; common feature

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gender; distinction of sex; sex

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difference; disparity; gap

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in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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100,000; hundred thousand

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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half and half; fifty-fifty

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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