jpdb beta

pupil (of the eye); one's eyes

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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good boy; good girl

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indicates emphasis

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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aha!; yes sir

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recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

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having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

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question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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huge mound; heap; pile

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

results (of a study or investigation)

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interior; inside; internal

4

desertification

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to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

1

west

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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water level

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seawater; saltwater

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1

plant; vegetation

1

devastating; catastrophic; crushing

1

air pollution

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

3

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

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sense of being the chosen people

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naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

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project

2

selection process; judging system

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

1

really; truly; indeed; good grief

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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participation; joining; entry

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number; amount

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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