jpdb beta

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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to have a reason; to have an excuse

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up

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to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

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wear; abrasion

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quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

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to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of

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to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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in the end; at the end of the day

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

1

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

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old age; advanced age

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to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

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anyone; any person; whoever

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choice; selection; option

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to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)

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directions; instructions; orders; command

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deliberate hindrance; obstruction

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there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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to doubt one's own eyes

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in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

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to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

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one's younger days; when one was young

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race

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to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

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phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

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to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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camber

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to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

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pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

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