jpdb beta

unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

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there's no smoke without fire

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one's possessions; ownership

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to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster

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certain; sure; doubtless

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soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat

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-ness

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lake (in place names)

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Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)

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surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

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good-for-nothing; worthless

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

5

in places

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wealthy person; millionaire

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

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almost every day; almost daily

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to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

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to sell off; to sell completely

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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to assign; to set aside

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counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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(one's) pay; wages

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to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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wages; pay; rental payment

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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slave; servant; slavery

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

1

suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required

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replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

2

to continue to work; to work away (at)

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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labor union; labour union; trade union

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strike (i.e. industrial action)

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energy source

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to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

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had better; is advisable

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meow; miaow

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

2

to head home; to leave for home

2

return; welcome home

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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