jpdb beta

touché; you've got me there

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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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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

5

outsourcing; contracting out; ordering with an outside supplier

2

accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

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to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange

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theatrical adaptation; stage adaptation; adapting for the theatre (theater)

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harming one's image; worsening of one's image

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continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

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false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

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calculating

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-esque; -like; -ish

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hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

1

extensive; wide; broad

1

avid reader; bookworm

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to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

1

to think (something) strange

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Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

2

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

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if it's the case

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first name

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last name; surname; family name

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period (esp. in European languages); full stop; period (of time); era; period (interval of a game)

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lowercase letter; small letter

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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intentional; on purpose

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to shine

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dazzling; radiant

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curtain; curtains

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to close; to shut

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plural form

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literally; to the letter; literal

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as far as I know

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quick wit; ready wit

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feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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English (language)

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to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

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snow

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accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

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reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

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relation; connection; relevance

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feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)

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impatience

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to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

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