jpdb beta

awkward (difficult) question

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injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

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lame excuse; poor excuse

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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who; what kind of person

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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inanimate object

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microbe; germ

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mineral

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grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

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exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming

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(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

1

woman; lady; adult female

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

1

in high spirits

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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O; o

3

resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration

1

sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

5

control; management (e.g. of a business)

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yellow; amber

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water's surface

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to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

1

proportion

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one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

2

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

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consumption; expenditure

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

2

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

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early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse

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had better do so

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

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