jpdb beta

(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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environment; surroundings; circumstances

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to wear out

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brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

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one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness

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to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

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to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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to pursue

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Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)

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capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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fog; mist; spray

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dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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piercingly

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flashback

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to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

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wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

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to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

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pocket watch

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

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self-examination; reflection

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sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged

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to flare up; to fly into a rage

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to shout (in anger); to yell

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once more; again

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safety; security

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damage; injury; loss

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best

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to be able to manage somehow or other

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nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy

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ego; egoism; egoist

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imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

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chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

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to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)

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strategy; tactics

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to face each other; to be opposite (to)

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

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