jpdb beta

eccentric; crank; oddball

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a little more

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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someone; somebody

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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thousands; several thousand

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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tradition; convention

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fairy; sprite; elf

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tea party

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tradition; legend; folklore

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investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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time; hour; period; class

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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to be all out; to exhaust

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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