jpdb beta

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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philanthropism

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delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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even; but; however

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exaggeration; hyperbole

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to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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sigh; long breath

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disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

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plosive sound

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

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such ... as; or some such

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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to yell; to shout

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

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dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

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to frown; to squint

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hey there; I say; see here

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

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middle

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strong; intense; severe

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to make an appearance; to show up

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to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

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to mediate; to intervene

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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future; distant future

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to the last; persistency; thoroughness

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exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

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careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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