jpdb beta

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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limit; bound

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state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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work; job; labor; work

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reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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there is nothing; having nothing

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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to grow old; to age

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

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together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

4

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

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary

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with these words; while saying

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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desperately; for one's dear life

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but; however; although

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to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round

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-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

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

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to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

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come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

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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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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

2

regret; repentance; remorse

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

2

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

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no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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to subsist; to keep on living

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in that way; like that; that way

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

2

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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miracle; wonder; marvel

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