jpdb beta

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness

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to get drunk

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care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

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partner; pal; accomplice

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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pasta

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large plate; platter

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to distribute; to apportion; to divide

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moderate

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to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

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carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

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roast beef

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to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

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gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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design

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high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

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it may be because

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reproachful; resentful; spiteful

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high class; noble

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

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Robert; Roberts

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reluctantly; unwillingly

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

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great cause; moral law; justice

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to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

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musical instrument

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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pupil (of eye); eye

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the very picture of ...

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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princess; daughter of a nobleman

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sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

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from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

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smiling face

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charming

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to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

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person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

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friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

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due form; official; formality

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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