jpdb beta

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short distance; short range; short-haul

4

to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify

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speed

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mobility

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nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

2

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

2

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

foreign matter; impurities

6

deception; deceit

1

hypocrisy

1

fool

1

deed; act

1

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

in that manner; like that

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

2

to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit

3

even now; still; as yet

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

2

true character; real nature

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to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

despair; hopelessness

2

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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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

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

2

taking care of everything; no need to do anything

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

2

that's a different matter; that's a different story

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unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

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nothing but; none other than

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

2

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right

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after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

2

evening; dusk; twilight

3

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

2

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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