jpdb beta

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

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weather

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

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to let slip; to slide; to glide

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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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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raincoat

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dripping wet; soaked; drenched

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establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

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dramaturgy

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to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

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to decide; to determine

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in the rain

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to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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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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pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

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shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

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bashful; shameful; ashamed

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(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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rejection; dismissal

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even so; anyhow; at any rate

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how; in what way

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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to thrust down; to push off

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injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

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if I (we, etc.) could

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

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rather; better

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jumping off

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primitive; original

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

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ah; oh; hey!

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weak; frail; fragile

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dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

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(not) one

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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