jpdb beta

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

having poor eyesight

1

to burst into laughter

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

5

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

face with no make-up; sobriety

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

5

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

5

to look young; to seem young

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

2

to be suspicious (of something or somebody)

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motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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to distract one's attention

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

3

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

8

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

2

prescription; formulation; formula; recipe

3

to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

2

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

formulation (of pharmaceuticals); preparation; pharmaceutical production

1

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

3

ball-point pen

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

2

to poke; to push

1

this and that; such and such

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

2

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

3

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

2

name plate; name tag; label

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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lawsuit; complaint

2

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

diagnosis and treatment; medical care

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