jpdb beta

head chef; master chef

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cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)

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tall (of a person)

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hat; cap

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light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments

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choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

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bamboo spear

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way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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fully armed; armed to the teeth

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with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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more than usual

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dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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finish; end; completion; result

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uneven results

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to heat; to heat up

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disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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to compare with the eye

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to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

2

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

3

proper; right; reasonable

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victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

2

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

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dozens; scores of; decades

2

careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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art of cooking; cookery; cuisine

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ingredient; foodstuff

3

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

1

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

1

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment

3

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

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each time

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covered with; stained; smeared

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reinforcement; strengthening

2

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

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Tabasco; jalapeno sauce; pepper sauce

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turmeric

2

(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

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