jpdb beta

procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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I see; that's right; indeed

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

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then; well; so; well then

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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sure; yeah; I know

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

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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only; nothing but

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splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

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friend; companion

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

4

one year; some time ago

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school term; semester

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

2

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

3

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

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to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

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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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cheek

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

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to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

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nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

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reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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to increase; to multiply

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

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