jpdb beta

why; how

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a long time ago; in those days

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warrior; samurai

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double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

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such ... as; or some such

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to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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adjoining each other

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

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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selection; choice; option

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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they; them

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is not; am not; are not

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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adult; grown-up

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theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

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enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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imagination; supposition; guess

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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Ouch!

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Ouch!

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forwarding agency; express company

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to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

4

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

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shopping; purchased goods

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picnic; outing; hike

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

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up

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