jpdb beta

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

2

several people; a few people

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as always; as usual

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absence (from work)

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ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

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always; usually

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professional duties

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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mental condition; state of mind; mentality

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hospitalization; hospitalisation

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say; well; um; er

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prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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(political) power; authority; influence

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to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree

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triple time; three important requisites

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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personification; anthropomorphization

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April Fools' Day; April fool

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feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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distant look; faraway look

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

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aha!; yes sir

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filing (documents, etc.)

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fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle

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arbitration; intercession; mediation

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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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to tell a lie; to fib

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three days

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management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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moaning; muttering; complaining

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to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly

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in fact

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dignity; majesty; sanctity

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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to make public

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Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

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secret talk

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marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife

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in the hospital; hospitalized

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visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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all over the body; from head to foot; all over

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