jpdb beta

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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to shake one's head

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isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

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intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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to turn towards; to point

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

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mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

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

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to hate; to detest

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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position

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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

2

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

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clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

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Board of Education

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fact; truth; reality

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to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

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apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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Parent-Teacher Association; PTA

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old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

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old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

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

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trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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how many months?; how long?

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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someone; somebody

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to be subject to punishment; to be punished

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not necessarily so; is not always true

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world; society; people; the public

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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reproachful; hateful; bitter

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

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radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court

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