jpdb beta

how many; how old

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critic; reviewer; commentator

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double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

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anti-; hater

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to happen to hear; to overhear

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(study of) history

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elite unit; elite troop

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unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

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supreme leader; ultimate leader

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favorable; favourable

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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downward glance; contemptuous look

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to go; to come

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to look at; to gaze; to stare at

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at once; immediately; right now

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

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to grumble; to make difficulties

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots

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(and) many others; extras (in a film)

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

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wise saying; famous saying

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carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care

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taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

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during absence from home

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plan of action

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dullard; indecisive person

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

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to realize; to realise

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supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

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potatoes au gratin

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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to wear out

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calm before a storm; lull before the storm

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taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

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suppression; subjugation

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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coup d'état; coup

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intellectual

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gentleman

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leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure

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conference room; council room

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

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