jpdb beta

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

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from the beginning; from scratch

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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why; how; for what reason

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shoe polish

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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

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colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

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to have the nerve to

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... years old; age (of) ...

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child; children

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Patricia

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at that time; in those days

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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20 years old

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

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in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless

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good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

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(one's) life

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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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having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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more than expected

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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relative; relation

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girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

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and then; after that

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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qualitative difference; disparity; gap

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to hate; to detest

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to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

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probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

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number; amount

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

5

you

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request

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to learn; to study; to take lessons in

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

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to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

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lady; ready

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joker; joker; funny guy

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hollow-point bullet

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

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