jpdb beta

outer court

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

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nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened

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clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave

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to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off

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all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

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limit; bound

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success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

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everything; all

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to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

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

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soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

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to dye; to colour; to color

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to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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close; intimate; on good terms

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what

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

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ideal; ideals

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to learn; to study; to take lessons in

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combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

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foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

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political opponent

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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