jpdb beta

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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splendidly; brilliantly

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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

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to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

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to finish reading; to read through

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to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

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hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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to talk (a person) down; to confute

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humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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embarrassing; awkward

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love letter

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

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to make a speech; to address

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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cloud

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gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

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lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

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several (objects, usu. from two to six)

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means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around

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to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

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to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart

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wailing; lamentation

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to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

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to gaze long at

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to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

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to divert; to distract

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

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glass; pane

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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to be rearranged or transposed

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