jpdb beta

decibel; dB

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inspection; examination; survey

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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helicopter

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returning to the service of one's master

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famous; fame

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newspaper

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public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing

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committee member

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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first meeting; first interview with

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dim; gloomy

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field; plain; prairie; moor

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winner; victor

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arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness

2

tear-stained face

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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number of steps

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

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in all

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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to sob

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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loser; defeated person; the defeated

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to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

3

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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benefactor; patron

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to shed tears

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morning sun

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sunshine; sunlight

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to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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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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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

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to wipe; to dry

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several steps

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to be out of breath

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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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