jpdb beta

like glittering stars

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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zero; nought

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firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

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crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

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temporary; transitory; short-lived

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(sense of) hearing; auditory perception

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shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

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observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

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to stop walking; to pause

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meteor swarm; meteor shower

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microscopic

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falling object; fallen object

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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a certain ...

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to entwine; to follow about

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

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nothing but; none other than

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epilogue

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serious wound; serious injury

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

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minor injury

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full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

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some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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your country

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to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick

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one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)

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to straighten oneself

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today; this day

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ambassador

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dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary

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embassy

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to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

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aide

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and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

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residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer

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(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

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idea

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putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

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distrust; unjust suspicion

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father

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permission; approval; authorization; license

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