jpdb beta

if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy

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in person; personally; directly

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publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

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estimate (of costs); budget

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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long visit; overstaying

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to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

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pitch black

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darkness

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vivid; clear; distinct

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awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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sleepiness; drowsiness

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

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both feet; both legs

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designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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special lecturer; guest lecturer

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to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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bright; intelligent

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slow; weak-headed

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impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

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to concern; to be related

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in addition; besides

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

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flattery; compliment

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to interrupt; to butt in

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in succession; one after another

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unceasing; relentless

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

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to pinch and crush; to pinch out

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time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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pace; step; cadence

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first step

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sphere; globe; orb

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

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