jpdb beta

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

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self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

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management; administration; operation

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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the Pope

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funds; capital

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to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

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ending up right back where one started

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determination; resolution

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gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

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conditioned reflex

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seeing off and meeting on return

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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one's way back; one's way home

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

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to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

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never mind!; don't worry about it

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calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

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child's tear-stained face

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to fall ill; to be taken ill

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rich person

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if is not; if are not

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aiming too high

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very hungry; starving; ravenous

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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

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to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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to become hungry

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

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level; standard; water level

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monetary; financial; pecuniary

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food

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to catch the eye; to attract attention

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after

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to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

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old clothes; secondhand clothing

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some people; a few people; several people

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purchase; buy

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routine tasks or duties

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to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

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group; party; team; squad; section

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sharing; division; draw; tie

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to take turns doing; to do in rotation

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cannot be compared with; no match for

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broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

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poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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