jpdb beta

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

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pocket watch

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clock; watch; timepiece

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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since then; after that

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this evening; tonight

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to rock; to shake; to swing

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

2

ah; oh; hey!

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news; word; tidings; omen

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reopening; resumption; restarting

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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to return; to come back

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another meeting; meeting again; reunion

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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with a start; with a jump

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bull's-eye; the mark

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unjust; inhuman

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apology; excuse

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on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

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not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

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fool

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before one's eyes

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of

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to become experienced (after many years of practice)

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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predicament; one's ground; one's position

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dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest

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the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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to point at

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candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice

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to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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same kind (race); homogeneousness

2

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

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to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

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(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

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chamberlain

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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to smell; to sense

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