jpdb beta

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

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and then; and so; and; so then

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wheat; barley; oat (oats)

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uncool; tacky; lame; corny

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simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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bent back; hunchback; stoop

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fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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what people say; rumours; public opinion

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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to spread; to be propagated

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disgraceful; shameful

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)

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each house; every house; many houses

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roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)

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bad job; poor workmanship; bungle

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to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave

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seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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corner; nook

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to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest

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trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

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a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)

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pity; compassion

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malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp

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jealousy; envy

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jealousy; envy

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to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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openly and secretly; helping in all ways

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parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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a help; assistance

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shoulders

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even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

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politics; government

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thread; yarn; string

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to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter

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pedestal

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I; me

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moth

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