jpdb beta

stomach; dietary needs

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intestinal wall

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cancer cell

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gills; branchia; angle of the mandible; gonial angle

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little grey cells (in reference to Hercule Poirot's catchphrase); intellect; brainpower

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drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

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to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge

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nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

bridge of the nose

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

2

would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

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to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)

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gleaming sword

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to act; to take action

2

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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grudge; complaint; reproach

1

sound of water

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sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass

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allophone; strange noise

1

shark

1

mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

2

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep

3

law-like nature; regularity

1

grandma; grandmother

3

former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)

1

stone mortar; millstone; quern

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tar

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foreign-body sensation

1

to raise (one's voice)

1

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

1

unluckily

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to fail to escape

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

1

awareness; realization; noticing

1

disgraceful; shameful

1

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

1

order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

1

word for word; verbatim; literally

2

clearing one's throat; cough

2

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

1

to fail to hear; to miss

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outspoken; forthright; frank; direct

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