jpdb beta

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

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to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

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vehement objection; bitter opposition

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to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

gastric juice

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's house; 's home

1

stupid girl; stupid woman

3

shut up!; be quiet!

1

old man; old goat

1

felony; major offence; felon; old offender

1

rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

1

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

1

re-education; retraining; in-service training

1

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

1

midsummer; height of summer

2

to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

1

baby

1

to die; to lay down life's burden

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

1

white horse; unrefined sake

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

without

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

initial investment

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cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention

2

inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

1

feebleness; weakness; imbecility

1

public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

1

human resources; man-power resources

1

child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

1

pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening

1

to support each other; to support one another

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(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

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buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

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stocking up on; hoarding

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secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

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seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

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eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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brat

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to date; as of now

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