jpdb beta

(audio) recording

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returning home

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study; library; den; home office; reading room

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audio tape; magnetic tape

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sounds

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to be reduced to ...

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clergyman; churchman; clergy

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national mood; national sentiment; national feeling

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rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

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kitchen

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receiver

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reliance; dependence

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the late; the deceased

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this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

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numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

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to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

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my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

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home cooking

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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every evening; every night

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sharp; keen; acute

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hearing ability

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

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main street

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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shellfish; seashell; shell

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule

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hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

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exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

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sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation

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to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

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everybody

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repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul

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future (usually near); prospects

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hard to do

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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to be squashed by; to be pinned under

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twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

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excuse; explanation

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to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

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iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

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to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

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