jpdb beta

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

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military man

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(most) basic of basics

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

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wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

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to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

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to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

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after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

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awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

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alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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parents; both parents

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or; otherwise

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one parent; single parent

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to say no more; to sink into silence

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disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

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now; nowadays

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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way of life

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separate; scattered; apart

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

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superior officer

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comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

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near; close by; within reach; familiar

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

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