jpdb beta

good grief

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middle of the night; dead of night

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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commanding officer

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead

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Noa

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

3

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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person

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Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

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secret information; intelligence

2

duty; function; office; mission; task

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

4

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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sightseeing; tourism

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

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

4

both persons

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

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please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

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