jpdb beta

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

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to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

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come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

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how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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successive generations; successive emperors

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!

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elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

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graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

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to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

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seven

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to be the case that

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since then; from that time; ever since

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

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unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

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yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

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how old; what age

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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shin; shank; lower leg

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

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love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

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public character

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humor; humour; joke

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to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

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perfect; complete; flawless

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to do as one wishes; to act as one wills

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after a long time; for the first time in a while

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to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)

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periodic; regular; routine

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that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

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learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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to be too late; to be too slow

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modest; humble

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shy person

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emotional; sentimental

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to blush; to redden

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to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

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at the window; by the window; next to the window

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