jpdb beta

didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle

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bush; shrub

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to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length

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stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

1

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

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tempering iron; forging steel; wrought iron

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salute; bow

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Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); Quercus gilva (species of oak)

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peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

2

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

2

rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape

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gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

1

whole surface; entire

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to hang on the wall

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faltering; hesitation

1

bronze

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to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

gold leaf; beaten gold

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

thereunder; whereunder

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to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

2

vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

1

twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

2

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

to become excited; to grow lively

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

near; close; beside; third person

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

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to stare back at; to look back at

2

source of information; intelligence source; message source

2

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

so far as

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that is; namely; i.e.

1

thirtieth day of the month; thirty days

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

4

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

laughter breaks out

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the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

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to send or direct a person to

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defense plan

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seldom; rarely; scarcely

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fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

2

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

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news; word; tidings; omen

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