jpdb beta

to demand money; to pester; to extort

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plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

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part-time job; side job

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this morning

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weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

to run around

5

humble; modest

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to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

1

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

4

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

3

stranger; outsider

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jeans; denim; jean

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everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

1

countries

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to wander from place to place; to change jobs

2

traveller; traveler

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from afar; over a great distance; all the way

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

2

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

2

irritating; frustrating

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

4

rather; sooner; preferably

3

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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there is nothing

3

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

2

to interrupt (a person)

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occupation; calling; livelihood

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low voice; whisper

2

red hair

3

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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glancing (look)

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

3

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

2

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

2

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

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