jpdb beta

dead drunk; blotto

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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rattling; clattering

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bridge

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

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to hand over; to surrender

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

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nape of the neck

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to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

2

to push down; to knock down

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to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

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fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

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bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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to summon; to get used to call

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to catch

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

2

to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)

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(yet) again

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cheap saloon

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

1

closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

at someone's (something's) mercy

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cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial

2

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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trying one's luck; test of one's luck

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

1

school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

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laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

pupil; student; schoolchild

1

South America

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

7

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

1

minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

1

instant death

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making up a prescription; dispensing medicine; preparing medicine

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bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

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to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

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