jpdb beta

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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being good at cooking; good cook

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friend; companion

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

2

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

2

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

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

3

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

3

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

4

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

1

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

1

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

2

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

2

unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

1

every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

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season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)

1

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

hence; for that reason

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

so; like this; in this way

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

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

cry; crying voice

2

sigh

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originally; by nature; from the start

1

early morning

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news programme; news program

1

assistant

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have a good day; take care; see you

1

to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

1

outward appearance

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

feeling; sense; impression

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