jpdb beta

to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark

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effigy; likeness; portrait; statue

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secret

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nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second

2

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

5

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

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closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

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fool; idiot; simpleton

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to waste time

3

convenient

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

3

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

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to acquire knowledge

2

gazing at (in wonderment)

3

mysterious story

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to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal

2

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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same sex

2

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

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scandal

2

duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

1

half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

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woman

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

4

virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister

3

to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)

4

to get used to hearing

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to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

2

listener's role

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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to put one's hand on; to touch

2

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

3

unjust; inhuman

2

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

2

every year; yearly; annually

3

any number of people; as many people as one likes

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large sum (of money)

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future; distant future

2

-less; lacking; non-existing

2

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

4

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

3

to agree (to a proposal, request, etc.); to assent; to consent; to accept

1

witness

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occasionally; now and then; from time to time

2

word; remark; statement

3

to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow

2

to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

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