jpdb beta

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

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(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

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dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly

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with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor

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to scratch; to claw

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kindergartener; preschooler

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playing in the mud; playing with mud

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here and there; in places

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to hate; to dislike

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

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to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

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methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

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to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

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lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

4

vampire; bloodsucker

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

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to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

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to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow

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mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

1

close to the wall; alongside the wall

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to be exhausted; to be tired out

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lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

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to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

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thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey

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collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

3

the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

5

break in the deadlock

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

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to take back; to recapture

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to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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long time; many years

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

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drama; play; powerful drug

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poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite

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both feet; both legs

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when; at what point

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two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

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being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

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unbelievable; incredible; implausible

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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to leave behind

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that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

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