jpdb beta

all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)

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lateness; tardiness; arriving late

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to spend time (on doing something)

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

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dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

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degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

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look

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to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

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best; ideal; perfect

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on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

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to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

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to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

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

2

to hang; to hang up

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

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illumination; lighting

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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

number; amount

1

to digress; to stray from the subject; to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

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this side; in the forefront

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wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

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hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

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half-eaten

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

corn (Zea mays); maize

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perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

2

contrastive

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standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

2

to pretend

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher

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to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

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flower pattern

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