jpdb beta

it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

small; little; tiny

1

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

2

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

4

divorce

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)

1

mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

6

ouch!

1

ah; oh; hey!

9

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

3

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

2

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

though; even if; whether ... or ...

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

and then; and so; and; so then

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

3

to get in touch with

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

however; but

1

father

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oceanographer

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

research; study; investigation

1

Africa

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somewhere; in some respects; in some way

2

to take time

1

that; those; the

8

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

5

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

3

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

2