jpdb beta

bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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frilly; fluttery

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to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

2

question; query

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OK; okay

2

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

1

peace sign; V sign

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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to rely on

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

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Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)

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conductor's stick; conductor's baton

2

bed

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PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car

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chair

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honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

2

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

3

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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to increase; to grow

2

reaction; response

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hmm; I see; hrm

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

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

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negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

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to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

2

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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not caring; not giving a damn

2

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

3

image change; changing one's image; makeover

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

1

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

3

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

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tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

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