jpdb beta

three people

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successively; one after another

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

(turned out) all right in the end

2

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

3

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

2

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

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retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

2

blunder; bungle; gaffe

1

saying too much

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

south

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

2

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

2

diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

2

function; facility; faculty; feature

2

uproar; disturbance

5

wall; fence

4

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

5

these guys; these fellows

2

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

direct control; direct supervision

2

mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff

1

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

6

in that way; like that; that way

2

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

3

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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in this way; like this

3

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

2

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

5

to increase; to multiply

2

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

1

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.)

2

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

3

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

2

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

4

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

2

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

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to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

4

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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