jpdb beta

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

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crocus

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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

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fast pace; quick pace

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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lawn; grass

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to accept; to receive; to agree

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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bush; shrub

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thicket; coppice; brushwood

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flesh and bones

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to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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to shake and untangle; to shake free from

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pale (of complexion); green around the gills; looking unwell

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when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)

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measurement round the hips

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ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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to lend a hand; to help

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to bud; to sprout

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to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)

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to drizzle; to become bleary (eyes)

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to go into a huddle

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there is a tendency; there is a possibility

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

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parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

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constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

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just because; even if; even though

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half step; half a step

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yearned for; longed for; missed

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to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

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nostalgia; homesickness

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certainly; surely

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to be dispersed; to get separated

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

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distinction

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retreating figure; appearance from behind

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corpulent; fat; chubby

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dismal; gloomy

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in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

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to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

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every morning

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