jpdb beta

to dirty one's hands

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fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

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to wipe; to dry

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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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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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handkerchief

2

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

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to treat badly

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to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

peaceable; peaceful

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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ambition; aspiration

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dazzling; radiant

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to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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second half; latter half

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to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess

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sun

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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piercingly

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

2

how many hours?

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

practice; practising; training; study

2

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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to bring someone along

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

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to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

the fifth

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to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

obstacle; hurdle

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field

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