jpdb beta

bold; daring; audacious

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to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

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ability; capability; skill

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to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

3

window

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casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

3

high alert; a state of high alert; on alert

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to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

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inner citadel; core; center; centre

3

having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

1

shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

4

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

2

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

big talk; boasting; bragging

1

strategy; artifice

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

target

4

impossible; unlikely; improbable

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diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

3

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

3

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

3

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

1

suppression; subjugation

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

certain; definite; clear; credible

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proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

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adaptation (from); rebaking

2

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits

1

conduct; behavior; behaviour

1

to gaze out at; to look out over

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