jpdb beta

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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hurricane

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fool

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let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

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garrison; military base

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one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

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run (of a ship); sail; flight

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to swarm; to gather

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to hide; to conceal oneself

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long(-range) flight

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hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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to wait and see; to see how the land lies

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bottom of one's heart

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imaginary

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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pistol; handgun; revolver

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porch; pouch

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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anti-

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to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

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(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

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to finish dyeing

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

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real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

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polite; courteous; hospitable

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with a start; with a jump

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to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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spectacle; sight; scene

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quarters; barracks

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satisfactory; decent

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to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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to do

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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monarch's guards

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young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

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incompetent

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something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

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nod; inclination of the head

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decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

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