jpdb beta

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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speaking of ...; as for ...

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corpse; dead person

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

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way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

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

2

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

3

to become bloodshot

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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Arthur

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

2

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

1

one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

1

to trickle down

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)

2

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

3

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate

1

have a pain in one's chest

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

3

to feel nauseous

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eyelid

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

1

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

3

(in) secrecy; behind closed doors

1

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

burning at the stake; execution by burning

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

1

our

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to stay (at); to stop (at)

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

1

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

1

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

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to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out

2

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

2

these

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)

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