jpdb beta

economical; efficient; lean; compact

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footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

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to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

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skyrocketing (prices)

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

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aha!; yes sir

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this (very thing); this precisely

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godsend; heaven's gift

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear

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as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

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to be born

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much less; to say nothing of

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contest; comparison; competition

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

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to grapple; to wrestle

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to pull down

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to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance

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exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

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close attention; (watching with) keen interest

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environment; surroundings; circumstances

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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like a decent person; human

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to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

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to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

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to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

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imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

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borrowed thing

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(received) present; gift

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technique; finesse

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unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

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each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

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weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

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to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

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to bark; to bay; to howl

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to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

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fierce fighting

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favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

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