jpdb beta

paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring

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retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

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chain; series; connection; linkage

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to become fraught with emotion

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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darkness; the dark

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forced; compulsory

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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now; come (now); well

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

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to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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to argue vehemently

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

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aha!; yes sir

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serious injury

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to escape

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to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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sign; signal; cue

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simultaneously; all at once; in unison

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

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higher rank; better position

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theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

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company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)

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external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma

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to look old; to get old

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to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered

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to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

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pursuer; pursuing party; posse

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then

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unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

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rust

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to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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spiral; helix; screw

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direct unforked road; straight path

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