jpdb beta

probe each other; sound each other out

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tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess

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roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

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to soften; to moderate; to relieve

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to be settled; to be brought to an end

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in public; in company

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support; backing; patronage

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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to run away and hide

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gossip

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everyone; one and all

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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feel when biting; manner of enunciation

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

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to divert; to distract

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physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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landing

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being tanned by sunlight reflected from snow; snow-burn

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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

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preparation for a lesson

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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as soon as; right after

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home position; origin; usual place (for something)

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to skip over (while reading); to skim

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mishearing

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to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

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immersion; being absorbed in

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to knit (one's eyebrows)

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many people; a large number of people

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going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

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gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive

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addition; increase; Canada

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day of month; counter for days

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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to pick on; to tease

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to expel; to drive out

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heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

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squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)

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fit; spasm; outburst

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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waiting in vain

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