jpdb beta

to fall on one's backside

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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to resound; to make a stir

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stir; commotion; noise

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cheer; shout of joy

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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to smash; to crush

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night air; stillness of night; cool evening

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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troops; group members; team members

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walking; going on foot

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silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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justification; warrant

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

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shut up!; be quiet!

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down; below; downward

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boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

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to be transparent; to show through

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evening; evening hour

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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to await; to expect

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

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home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

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to vacate; to move out

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resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal

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as always; as ever; though it's always the case

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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light (e.g. colour, color)

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

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exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

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to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

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cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

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skeleton

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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