jpdb beta

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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motivation

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to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu

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broad daylight

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

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favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

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mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

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absolute

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times at bat

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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winning by picking up a discarded tile

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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center court

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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divide into four pieces; one fourth

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you; dear; honey

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a push; another effort

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

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small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter

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that's so, isn't it

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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the person in question; the person themselves; said person

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to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

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