jpdb beta

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

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piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

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to tear; to rip

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

sun

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erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

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don't you think?; indicates question

5

to run about trying to escape

2

to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

promotion

1

differentiation

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

desert

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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one year ago

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in those days

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surefire way to win

1

diligent; absorbed (in something)

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job hunting; job searching

1

the ... in question

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

communication

2

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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digression

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surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

1

file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

2

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

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correction; revision; rectification

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I agree with you; it is as (someone) says

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slave; servant; slavery

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unpaid overtime

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working on a day off

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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only; sole; unique

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