jpdb beta

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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sleepy; drowsy

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to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

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half day

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

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nightdress; nightgown

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foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

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feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

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trouble; bother; annoyance

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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borrowing; debt; loan

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to lend (e.g. money)

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underworld; underside of society

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proposal; offer; request; application

2

heartening; reassuring

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

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to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

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anyhow; in any case

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feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)

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more than anything; above all else

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

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to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

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oath; vow

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limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

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immediately following

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

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refusal; rejection; denial; veto

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is not; am not; are not

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the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

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brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother

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a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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to pile up; to accumulate

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inside one's heart; in one's mind

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summary; digest

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scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

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