jpdb beta

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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thanks; gratitude

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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they; them

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confession

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interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

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acting; performance

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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fish hook

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

huge; big; gargantuan

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to love

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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oneself; one's body

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to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

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past tense

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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food

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means; way; measure

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to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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revolutionary army

2

flight; elopement

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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food

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acquisition; possession

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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uninhabited island; desert island

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disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

1

being startled

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roguish; impish

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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