jpdb beta

granted that; even if; even though

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loud (of a voice)

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big man; large man; tall man; giant

1

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

multistoried; multilayered

1

older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

to improve one's skill

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

5

Board of Education

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feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance

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lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

2

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

feeling of satisfaction

1

body

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

martial law

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

baseless; groundless

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage

1

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

1

to sob

1

superior officer

1

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

1

casualties; the killed and wounded

1

high alert; a state of high alert; on alert

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

3

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

to swarm; to gather

2

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

3

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

quietly; soundlessly

1

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes

1

forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification

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termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

1

(made of) stone; stone-built

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