jpdb beta

countermeasure; counter-measure

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to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

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to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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right to choose; a say; option

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locational advantage; advantageous position

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

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to settle (a dispute)

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

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dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

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supply; supplying; replenishment

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sure; yeah; I know

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specifications; specs

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one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

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to wear glasses; to put on glasses

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Melville; Melvil

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white whale; Moby Dick

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naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

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replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

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to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

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terminal station

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arrival

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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platform; home; home base; home plate

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to slide into; to slip into

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ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

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battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

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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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public telephone; pay phone

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execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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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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certain place

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near; nearby; not far off

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extremely familiar; very well-acquainted

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night air; stillness of night; cool evening

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back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

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carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

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kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

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skylight; head

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moonlight

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stone pillar

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to form a line; to queue up; to line up

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spine (of book); binding (of book)

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to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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eleven o'clock

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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