jpdb beta

wind speed

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in the face of; in defiance of

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flight; fright

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a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)

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special forces

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head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

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project

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isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

1

stock holdings; one's shares

1

Tahiti

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defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry

1

out of one's line; out of one's field

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ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

1

samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

1

master

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new-generation

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stupid; silly

2

to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush

1

ballot; vote

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to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

2

feeble joke; bad pun

1

bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie

1

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

ghost story

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to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

3

candle

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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degeneration; retrogression

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simple is best; less is more

1

private power generation; masturbation

1

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

2

afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading

1

extremely; terrifically; super

1

squishy; springy; bouncy

1

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

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two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

1

as if nothing had happened

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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tablecloth

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putting out the light; switching off the light

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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to go back to bed

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to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

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sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

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to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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