jpdb beta

gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme

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seafood

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

2

fruit

1

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

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aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

5

failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2

to step forward; to volunteer

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to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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black cat

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snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

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coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

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flush; blush

2

to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

edges of the mouth

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

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made of steel

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garbage can; rubbish bucket

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folly; fool

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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tail (animal); tail end; tip

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acceleration; speeding up

2

to be hesitant; to feel timid

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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service road; frontage road

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rapid (e.g. progress)

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for use by children; for children

2

light blue; pale blue; aqua

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

3

good boy; good girl

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to draw in; to attract

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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to possess; to haunt

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dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

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to run away; to run off

4

it's none of your business; it's not your concern

2

succession; continuation; series; sequence

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to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

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tinnitus; ringing in the ears

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to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk

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here and there; everywhere

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to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

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leaving everything up to someone else

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all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

2

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

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