jpdb beta

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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while crying; in tears

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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biological younger brother

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rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

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battalion commander

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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beyond; across; the other side; the distance

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spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

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fire fighting; extinguishing a fire

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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to flare up; to burst into flames

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to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane

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incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

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to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

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exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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axe; ax; hatchet

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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to be breathtaking; to be stifling

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silence; stillness; quietness

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to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

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to start; to begin; to commence

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baton (of command); order; command; direction

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reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

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appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

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way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

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to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

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beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

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attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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spread of fire

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morning; a.m.

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sunlight; rays of the Sun

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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once more

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vanguard; advance guard

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tragedy; tragic event

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stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

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