jpdb beta

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

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personnel selection

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mistake; error; blunder

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starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

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married woman; another's wife

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corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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age; years

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to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

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young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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compromise; giving in

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(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

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imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

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coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

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outspoken; frank; candid

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opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

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to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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not yet known; unknown; strange

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to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

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to remove; to move out of the way

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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composition

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murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

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atelier; studio; workshop

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connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

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sisters

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together; in company

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

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one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

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evening sun; setting sun

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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older sister; elder sister

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

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to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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to grow up; to become an adult

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financial difficulties

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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distributor (of goods)

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rival; competition

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store; shop; restaurant

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rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

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to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win

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