jpdb beta

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

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new; fresh; novel

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to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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of the same age; age-matched

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teenager

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

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early teens

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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Japan

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

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variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; strange book; rare book; unique book

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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reaction; response; reaction

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favorable; favourable

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to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse

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build; physique; frame; constitution

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height (of a person); stature

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

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decision; determination

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fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman

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to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

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to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

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to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

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(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

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non-drinker; someone who cannot drink

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senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

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to make a fist; to clench one's fist

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junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

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narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

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this and that; one thing or another

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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trial; test; try

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

3

harbour; harbor; port

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strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

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(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

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to walk away; to walk off

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careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

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all you can drink; bottomless cup

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espionage

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to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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way; method; means

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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dozens; scores of; decades

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