jpdb beta

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

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skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

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hostility; antagonism; opposition

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for one thing ...

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

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title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

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senior; elder; person older than oneself

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

2

decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)

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to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent

2

one-to-one; one-on-one

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settlement; solution; resolution

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

3

rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

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very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

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to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

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slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

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to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

2

this much; this amount

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pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

2

to jump up; to spring up

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reckless; indiscriminate

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end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years

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belch; burp; eructation

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reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

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drunkenness; intoxication

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previous remarks

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laughing matter

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with a thud

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(coat) hanger; hangar; hunger

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thickly; densely; luxuriantly

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pill; lozenge; tablet

3

cocoon

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imago; adult (insect)

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transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

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chrysalis; pupa

2

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

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peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

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evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

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to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed

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to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

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to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

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incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

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to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

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at the top of one's voice

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