jpdb beta

to jar; to creak; to grate

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higher and higher

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

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wind and rain; rainstorm

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desolate; dreary; bleak

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putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

2

dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

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identifiable; personalized

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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despondency

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beyond description

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

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first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon

1

the throne; the crown

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to set (sun); to become dark

2

Kota (India)

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fireworks

9

messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

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to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

2

more than anything; above all else

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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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 hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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technique; method

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collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

ho-ho

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

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to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

building

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to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

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blanket

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drainspout; rain gutter

5

aluminium sash (aluminum) (i.e. window frame)

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waste liquid

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tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)

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rain and wind; driving rain

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department of science

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garbage dump; dump site

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experimental device; experimental equipment

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electrical appliances; electric appliances

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complicated and mysterious

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to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together

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