jpdb beta

with a momentary flash of light

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field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

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to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

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to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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density

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anti-aircraft fire; flak

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

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earthquake

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sphere; counter for balls

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outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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shell; cannonball

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to throw into

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downtown

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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glass; pane

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to fly around; to scatter

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to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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shower; passing rain

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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concentrated fire; intense criticism

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little by little

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to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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war; battle; match; game; competition

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

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hand-to-hand combat

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to not believe one's ears

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

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enemy ship

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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last ray of hope; only hope

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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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means; method

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prediction; estimation

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anti-aircraft gun; antiaircraft artillery

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revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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deck (of a ship)

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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