jpdb beta

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

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to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

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inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

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correction; revision; amendment

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in high spirits; excited; energetic

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

3

ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist

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boy; juvenile; child

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to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

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master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband

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

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

4

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with

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practice game; practice match

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praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

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natural virtue; personal virtue

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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accurate; correct; precise; exact

2

adult; grown-up

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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piling shame on top of shame

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

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ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man

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end; conclusion

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stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

2

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

2

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

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assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

3

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

4

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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to push aside; to push one's way through

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

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appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

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to look down on; to condescend

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