jpdb beta

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

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time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant

1

severe; hard

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

flight; rout; debacle

3

four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

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to be noteworthy; to be worthy of attention

1

three times; thrice; third (interval)

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aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

1

paint; coating; varnish

2

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

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human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

solvent; solution; flux

2

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

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optimism

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pessimism

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madness; insanity

1

being based on

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extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

2

by hook or by crook; by all possible means

1

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

1

receiving; receipt

1

proper; right; reasonable

1

cold wind

1

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

1

to hide oneself

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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not getting a reply

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seniority; predecessor

2

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

2

abandonment; desertion

1

judgment; judgement; discernment

2

attenuation; damping; decay

1

each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually

1

motor drive

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full

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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individually; separately

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

2

soft

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steamroller

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like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

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