jpdb beta

many years; a long time

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

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to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess

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very easily

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

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older brother; elder brother

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Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

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(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ

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pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

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muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

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dawn; daybreak

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single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

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disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-

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to recover; to be healed

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

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wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

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to release

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harm; injury; evil (influence)

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to scatter; to spread

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(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

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to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

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epilogue

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top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

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harbour; harbor; port

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cargo; freight; money or assets

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luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

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passenger

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

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to waste time; to kill time

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

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eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

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lady; noblewoman

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gossip

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to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

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traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase

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raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

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restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

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to suspect

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