jpdb beta

to cultivate; to foster

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standalone; stand-alone

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to master something (through personal experience)

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migration; move; emigration; immigration

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compatibility

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal

1

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

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repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital

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this much; this amount

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earnestly

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loan; lending

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to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary

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arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

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recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

3

excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle

1

desire; wish; request

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to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

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to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

unreasonable demand

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to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

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with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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report to a superior

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

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excessive; exorbitant

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

worry; anxiety; concern

3

to undertake a duty

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to hit the mark

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to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

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foolish undertaking

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southern tip; southern end; southernmost part

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to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

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tastefully; respectfully; decently

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censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

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raid; assault; attack

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revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

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months and years

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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quite; utterly; really; completely

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