jpdb beta

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

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painful experience

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deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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politics; government

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trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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in that way; like that; that way

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irresolute; hesitant

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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to wait and see; to see how the land lies

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ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

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probable; likely

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dispersing; breaking up; running away

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sense; infer

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this person

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fleeing abroad

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unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

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you

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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generally

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(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down

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measure; step; action

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inhumane; inhuman

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difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

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control

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behind one's back

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to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

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easy to imagine

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to fade; to become dim

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unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

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to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

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toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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after one's death

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don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

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distrust; unjust suspicion

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without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

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certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing

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to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

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to make public

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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