jpdb beta

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

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cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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to fall into ruin; to be desolated

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one's birthplace

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distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

4

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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pastoral; idyllic

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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difference; disparity; gap

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to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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patient

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wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

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marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens

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unreserved

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prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

2

centre; center; middle

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urban areas; the streets; town; city

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to be erected; to be built

3

to build; to construct

2

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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this much; this amount

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woman; female; feminine gender

2

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

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wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

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to look old; to get old

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to live long; to survive

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passion; enthusiasm; zeal

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love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

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longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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any number of times

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

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