jpdb beta

if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy

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flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat

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self-protection

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dance

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to begin to dance; to break into a dance

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(on) the hour

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to buy up

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north side; north bank

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raindrop

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to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

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dozens; scores of; decades

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fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

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order; command; directions; instructions

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Clive

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to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

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visiting professor; guest professor

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to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to

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to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable

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to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

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tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

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it seems that; as if

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weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory

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baptism

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to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

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removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

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to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

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(something) fickle; (something) very changeable

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going to and fro; back and forth

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climate

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hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

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sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

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weather

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north wind; northerly wind

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spring breeze

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

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(a place) out of one's reach

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough

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forehead; brow

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gulp; gulping

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spark

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physique; physical standard; posture; sexual position

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tremble; shudder; quiver

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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upper body

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to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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