jpdb beta

to be hot on a person's heels

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to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

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to slay; to cut down (a foe)

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hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

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palm heel; heel of the palm

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to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

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spider

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murder; killing; murderer

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to grapple; to wrestle

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old man; venerable gentleman

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to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

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way out; means to escape; escape route

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to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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to force one's way; to push through

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vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

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flight; desertion; escape

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immoral

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to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

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to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

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to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

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crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

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affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

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to stoop; to bend over

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short (of a person)

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silent; mute; dumb

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by any standard; (not) even as flattery

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nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert

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big; large; great

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(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

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up in a tree; in the trees

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why yes, thank you

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to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

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this impure world (as opposed to the pure land); (arch.) feces; (arch.) faeces

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waterfall; cataract; cascade

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drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

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to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out

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softly; gently; lightly

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stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

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to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

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refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

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