jpdb beta

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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treating someone like a child

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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answering machine; answerphone

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter

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to become distant; to recede

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

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letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference

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each; respectively

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from the beginning; from scratch

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redoing

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charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

2

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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boyfriend; he; him

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as one promised

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bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

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appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

4

unarmed; without weapons

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

2

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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Sakuma

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under ... years of age; less than ... years old

3

youth; young person

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healthy; sound; wholesome

2

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

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regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw

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company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

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going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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in; at; for

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severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

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proposal; proposition; suggestion

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