jpdb beta

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

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huh!; oh; wow; I see

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portion for two people

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hegemony; leadership; initiative

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to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of

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forked tree; forked branch

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

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

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

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should do; ought to do

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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

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to remain; to stay (somewhere)

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to try to do; to attempt to do

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to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

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stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

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focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling

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same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

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total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure

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amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

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to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

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weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

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taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

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attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

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to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

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(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)

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half the body; half length

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shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

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dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion

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critical section

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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

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we have a result!; game over!; match!

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to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

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