jpdb beta

out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion

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generous; broad-minded; big-hearted

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

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to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

1

television station

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European style; Occidental

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to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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pizza; fat, ugly person

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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to open one's eyes wide

2

confrontation; showdown

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relativity; relative

1

good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)

1

troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

to be suspicious (of something or somebody)

1

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

1

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

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to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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piece

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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to call again; to call someone back

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

2

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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of no interest; not interested

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investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

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full speed

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to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

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road race

1

pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

around the world; throughout the world

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

2

multiplication table; times table

4

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

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just one person; only one

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impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

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to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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