jpdb beta

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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proud; elated

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to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

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of all things (days, etc.)

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consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity

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(doing) as one is told

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special envelope for monetary gifts

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upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

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of no interest; not interested

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criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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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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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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to stop talking; to be silent

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policy

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

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response

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go home; get out

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tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

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to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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shit!; damn!

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to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)

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criminal; culprit

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

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fine day; clear day; formal occasion

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stout heart; strong mind

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mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

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plants; vegetation

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

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to look around; to survey

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shout of abuse; jeers; boos

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to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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guess; conjecture

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to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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passion; temper; irritability

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