jpdb beta

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen

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volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

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drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)

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salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

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to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

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to date; as of now

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stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)

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completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

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talent; ability

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recompense; indemnity; atonement

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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to pick out item(s) from a group to keep

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something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

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rescue team or party

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flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

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testing stage; test step

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world order

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rule; reign; government; governing

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dawn; daybreak

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stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

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one room

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to get slightly dirty (all over)

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coat; coating

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oh!; oh?; my!

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network

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to become hoarse

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the ruler; sovereign

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to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object

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ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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to understand (each other); to comprehend

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures

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corporate giant

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non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

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to explain the situation

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word for word; one word

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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perception; sensing; noticing

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small fraction; small proportion

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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convenient

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ornament; decoration

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symbolic

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in deep black; in jet black

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upper floor (of a high-rise building)

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unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

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to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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