jpdb beta

preservation; retainment; keeping

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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mother

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one's person

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cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart

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hope; wish; aspiration

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to encourage; to cheer

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pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

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to take away; to carry away

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to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

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just before

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bleak; chilly; dreary

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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terrified; horrified

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entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

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to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

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shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat

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to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

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feel; touch

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manufacturing process

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strangeness; abnormality; disorder

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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danger; peril; hazard; risk

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warning; advice

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small bottle

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for the first time in one's life

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in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

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to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

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to gain strength; to have energy

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crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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to end in vain; to be wasted effort

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crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

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to scratch; to claw

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(electric) torch; flashlight

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to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)

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inside; interior; inner part

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bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

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to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass

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second hand (of clock)

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dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

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to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside

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muzzle; snout

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before sunset

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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