jpdb beta

halfway point

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tyranny; atrocity

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

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effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

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regret; repentance

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to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

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right beside; close to; nearby

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radius

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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muddy water; red-light district

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pond

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

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reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

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to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

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to fade; to become dim

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wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

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purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

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

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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soaked; drenched; sopping; splashing; sloshing

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fainting in agony

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to drool; to dribble; to slobber

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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staff with plaited paper streamers

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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bad habit; harm; my; our

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

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reinforcement; strengthening

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

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to become pale; to turn pale

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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confetti; ticker tape

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yellow tint

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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

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despair; hopelessness

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quick-wittedness; tact

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