jpdb beta

lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

2

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

out of the question; unthinkable; impossible

1

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

1

old soldier; veteran; old hand

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

2

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

2

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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advantage

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instant death

1

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on

1

severe; hard

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

1

lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake

1

game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

to disappear; to vanish

8

splash; spray; droplet

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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fish; fishes

2

dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)

2

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

1

bank; coast; shore

2

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

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ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

3

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

1

the five senses

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development; growth

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

1

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

2

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

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throwing with the hand

2

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

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transparent; clear

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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classification; categorization; sorting

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dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

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