jpdb beta

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

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observation; survey; watching

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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to give directions; to issue instructions

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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firmly, stubbornly

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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war of attrition

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worst case

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advance; moving forward; progress

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retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

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relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

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successively; one after another

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

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seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

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attendant; follower

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swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

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in this way; like this

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dream

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deeply emotive; moving

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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cable

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power plant; power station

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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computer

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measuring; measurement

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from here; from this place

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coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

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in great numbers

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complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

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tent

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hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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to come back

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possible; likely; probable

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invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

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plan; blueprint

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to ask a question; to ask questions

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origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

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one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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(turned out) all right in the end

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