jpdb beta

blitzkrieg; lightning war

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surprise attack

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night; nighttime

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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roll of banknotes

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ricochet

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to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

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armoring; armouring; armor; armour

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bulky; massive; thick; heavy

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to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

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being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

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horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter

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steel

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coward; dastard

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laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker

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what on Earth is this?

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shit!; damn!

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powered exoskeleton (esp. in SF); power suit

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provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

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hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy

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unexpected; surprising

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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land; shore

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

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

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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win; victory

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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tag (children's game); tig

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that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

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wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

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meaning; called; said

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had better ...; had better not ...

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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as planned

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