jpdb beta

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

2

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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dust; one ten-billionth

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glass window

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

2

to be the first

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company, battery, troop

12

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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immediately; at once; instantly

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warning shot

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to grimace; to frown

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

3

right shoulder

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pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

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made of metal

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spark

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

2

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

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inside; within

2

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

2

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

2

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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researcher; lab worker

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leather shoes; leather boots

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walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

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for military use

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straight line

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to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

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chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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sense; infer

2

to sidle up to

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to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

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to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged

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no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

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