jpdb beta

work; job; labor; work

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empty can

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

1

journal; magazine; periodical

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

3

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

3

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

3

unlucky

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

I; me

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

4

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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

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effect; efficacy; omen

1

time; hour; period; class

4

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

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

can; tin; canned food

2

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

14

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

12

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

4

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

6

show

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

14

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

adds force or indicates command

3

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

2

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

5

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

83

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

5

friend

5

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

8

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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null

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

8

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

51

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

12

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

94

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

149

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

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