jpdb beta

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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together (with); at the same time; in a lump

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

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movie director; film director

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wish; desire; ambition

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he; she; that guy

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

2

Hisashi

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on duty; at work; while working

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personal use; private use; private business; personal business

3

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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wife

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retort; back talk; backchat

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

3

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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surely; certainly

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in proportion to; just as much as

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coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

1

end; conclusion

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Rachel

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rose

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

reason; pretext; motive

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imagination; supposition; guess

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bullying a young wife

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standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

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to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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stale; hackneyed; cliched

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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