jpdb beta

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

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to talk (a person) down; to confute

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

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to be true to nature; to be lifelike

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deep impression

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flamethrower

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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suspicion; charge

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crime

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anything and everything; just about everything

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to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

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to swell up

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to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound

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a period of two days

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interception; monitoring; tapping

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seizure; confiscation

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry

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hysterical; hysteric

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fury; frenzy; madness; wildness

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bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

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manners; courtesy; etiquette

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film; membrane

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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handcuffs; manacles

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judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

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serious crime; grave sin

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

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disarmament

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devastating; catastrophic; crushing

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battle; game; bout

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being settled; coming to a conclusion

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to talk; to carry meaning

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loss of blood

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judgment; judgement; discernment

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atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

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manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

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challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

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forgetting; lapse of memory

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dumbfounded; in mute amazement

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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to embrace

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

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