jpdb beta

Jon

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

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shades of evening; dead of night

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strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

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to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

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hill

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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brief (amount of time); short

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one month

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back gate

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mica; isinglass

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light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight

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to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

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to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

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demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

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to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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to suspect

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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west

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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a long time ago; in those days

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treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

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to lose one's life

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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hooray; hurrah

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day and night; around the clock

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guard; sentinel; garrison

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force (bulldoze) one's way through

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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hoof

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

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lodging house

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to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

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swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

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to gush forth

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good gracious; oh my

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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