jpdb beta

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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melancholy; gloom; depression

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to defend oneself; to protect oneself

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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revenge

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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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refutation; rebuttal; retort

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to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

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bright; intelligent

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

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to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

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to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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questions and answers; dialogue

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

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through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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one; same (mind, path, etc.)

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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corner; nook

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

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years later

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curse; spell; malediction

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to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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both (people)

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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keyhole

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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manipulation; puppet

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to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees

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to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

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to collapse into; to flop onto

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

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to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

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root of a tooth; fang

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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impulse; impetus; urge

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in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

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to run around; to bustle about

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doesn't even exist

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nowhere

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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