jpdb beta

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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Fernand; Fernande; Fernando

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every night

4

only; merely; but; no more than

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

2

near oneself; close to one; familiar

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

2

to cling

4

disgraceful; shameful

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

5

to subsist; to keep on living

3

support; stay; prop

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

2

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

2

incompetent; have no merit

1

(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

good performance; good work; great success

3

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

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I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

2

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

2

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

1

masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

well; now; then

3

appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

1

a little bit; a little while

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to have another round of drinks (at a different place or with different company); to start drinking again; to have a fresh round

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

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curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

1

compensation; amends; redeeming feature

1

to neglect; to let alone

1

noise; sound

2

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

2

endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly

2

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

5

inner heart

3

personal; individual; private

6

to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

3

hatred

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generally

2

languid; listless

1

neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

3

sleepiness; drowsiness

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

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