jpdb beta

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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convenient

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

2

scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

3

save our souls; SOS

1

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

to make a lasting impression

3

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

4

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

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

3

to distribute; to apportion; to divide

2

punishment; penalty

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

to take off one's hat

4

rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck

1

it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

1

to take out; to drag out

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with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

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fine thread

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

4

to push aside; to push one's way through

4

straight line

1

twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days

1

final warning; ultimatum; last notice

1

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

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otherwise; or else; if not

3

to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

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to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

3

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

3

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

1

twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days

1

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

2

what; what?; hey!

2

who?

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

2

to show; to display

1

New Year's Eve; end of the year

1

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

1

confrontation; showdown

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime

2

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

1

twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days

2

flood; flooding

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misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

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