jpdb beta

to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

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to be smashed up

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lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton

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deep breath

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timewasting; killing time

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honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

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launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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cheap

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shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club

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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb

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dancing; dance

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Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

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hard-core (music, porn, etc.); hardcore; hard core (fruit, etc.)

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recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)

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a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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big and brawny; well built; gigantic

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

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rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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plate; illustration; figure

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upper arm

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log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

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shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism

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steam; vapour; vapor

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to perspire; to sweat

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to get too skinny

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ascetic monk; trainee monk

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Baffaro-man

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both shoulders

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internal organs; intestines; viscera

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to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

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inhabiting; living

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

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care; tending

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gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

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reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

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taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

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cocktail

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menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

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