jpdb beta

telling a riddle

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

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another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

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to attempt; to test; to try out

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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queen; female champion

2

watchdog

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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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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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duty; role; function

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

3

letter; missive; note; mail

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to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

3

she; her; girlfriend

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intention; aim; design

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to misread; to mispronounce

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

3

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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ruin; destruction; fall

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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rejection (of an application)

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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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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early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar

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winter

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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at that time; in those days

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I; me

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London (UK)

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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ophthalmology

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doctor; physician

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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coincident with; while; simultaneously

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worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

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writer; author

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

3

only; merely; but; no more than

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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

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