jpdb beta

feathers; plumage; down

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fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable

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texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground

1

ocean

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extremely

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nuclear warfare

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nuclear fusion

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seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field

1

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

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to be stereotypical

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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(lesson in) tough love

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to grimace; to make a wry face

1

flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

1

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

population explosion

1

zero-sum game

1

main purpose; primary objective

1

removal; getting rid of

1

pruning

1

encouragement; urging; spurring on

1

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

as if it were about oneself

1

to whomever; to anybody at all

1

longing; great desire; aspiration

2

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

1

ingratitude; thanklessness

1

star player; star athlete

1

autographed; signed

1

overreaction

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people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble

1

radical faction or group

1

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

living in the present

1

division by 1000; one-thousandth

1

total population

1

age range; age-group; age bracket

1

traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

1

prank; practical joke

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

3

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

1

what date?; what's the date?; when?

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to one's heart's content

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to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off

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returning tit for tat; retaliating

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