jpdb beta

older sister; elder sister

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to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something

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focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

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pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

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sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

3

mental; spiritual; emotional

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assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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sentiments; passions

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to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

2

to be affected; to put on airs; to pose

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

4

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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corners of the mouth

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root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

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always; all the time

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destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating

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coercive; overbearing

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pleasure-seeking

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to laugh scornfully

2

essence; true nature; substance; reality

2

to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

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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 add up to; to advance (in price)

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

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dry ice

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iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

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erosion; corrosion

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because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

3

conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

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to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

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to concern; to be related

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