jpdb beta

big problem; major issue; big controversy

1

to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

2

mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

reef

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echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

ego; self; ego

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later on; eventually; afterwards

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love affair

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substitute for ...

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in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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(another person's) niece

1

armor and helmet

1

to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors

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very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

to grow old; to age

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fortunately; luckily

1

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

1

son

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folding one's arms

2

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

1

wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness

1

both sides

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buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)

1

may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

1

warmth; warm weather

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass

8

plane (woodworking tool)

7

to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

1

board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle

2

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

1

lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist

5

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

1

to pour on

1

spinning wheel

3

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

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peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

direct connection; direct link

1

to go bad (of food); to spoil; to turn sour

1

(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure

1

apparent age (of someone); rough age

1

son; punk; brat; penis

1

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated

1

double-edged eyelid

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