jpdb beta

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

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spoken language; colloquial expression

1

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

(written) contract; agreement

5

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

1

illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate

1

like this; this sort; this way

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

exaggeration

1

fluent; smooth; flowing

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

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one's parents' home

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age 10

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after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

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if necessary

1

evening meal; dinner

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

employment (long term); hire

1

glad countenance; joyful look

1

feeble complaint; whine

1

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

3

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

2

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

relative; relation

1

one's post; place of work; workplace

1

slave; servant; slavery

1

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

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gulpingly; in one gulp

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to defend oneself; to protect oneself

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relation; connection

1

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.)

1

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

1

to poke; to push

1

ouch!

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to lose sight of; to miss

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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