jpdb beta

extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat

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someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

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children

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just because; even if; even though

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches

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thank you; thanks

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I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

3

to stop walking; to pause

3

raid; attack; assault

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to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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I can't die and leave things this way

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

as far as the eye can see

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rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

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extremely; very much

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

totally willing; fully motivated

2

order; directive; instructions; command

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to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

2

beast; brute; animal

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

2

to become better; to improve

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before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

2

bring it on!

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gesture; charades (game)

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presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

3

to laugh scornfully

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almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded

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straight line; beeline

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to cut at; to slash at

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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while passing each other

2

sidearm throw; sidearm delivery; sidearm pitch

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pitcher

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form; foam

1

starting point; origin

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small stature

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tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing

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spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; brains; intelligence

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