jpdb beta

how many people; a number of people

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(once) again

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violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

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splendidly; brilliantly

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stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

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right in front; just opposite; under the nose

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

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ability; capability; skill

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to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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heaps of corpses all around

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to play a leading role; to play a central part

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semicircle

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at regular intervals; evenly spaced

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quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

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bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

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to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

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everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

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thank you

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heartfelt

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

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milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter

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regret; repentance

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of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

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a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)

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to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)

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advance; moving forward; progress

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

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if it is the case that ...

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

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to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

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freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

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equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

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slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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alarm

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a long time (since the last time)

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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dog; doggy; bow-wow

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