jpdb beta

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

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seeming very

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

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duty; obligation; responsibility

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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to aim at

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

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blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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so far as

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faint; swoon

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violence; mayhem

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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how many; how old

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

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to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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leaving; accepting

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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apology

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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

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