jpdb beta

threat; menace

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

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to throw on the fire; to burn

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to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

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volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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killing two birds with one stone

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downhill road; descending road

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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to fill (a glass) with water

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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to fall asleep

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cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

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a reworking; a pushover

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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looking on (somebody) as hostile

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to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

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to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

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to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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self-control; self-restraint

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to have both; to possess both; to combine with

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excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

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superiority complex; sense of superiority

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

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tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful

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means; way; measure

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to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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being sticky

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to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

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dirt; filth; grime

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to be smeared; to be covered

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to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager

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to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

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riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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dust

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lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

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