jpdb beta

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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the real criminal; true culprit

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vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

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though; much as

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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topic of conversation

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single-mother household; fatherless family

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

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in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly

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general public; the masses

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nonresistance

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

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justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

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to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

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resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

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scapegoat

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

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absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

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trace

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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simply put; putting it simply; in short

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taking the initiative

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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for the first time in one's life

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insurance; guarantee

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

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father and mother; parents

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conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

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precisely because

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advance preparations

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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ten times

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call; appeal

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noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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stepfamily

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to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

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