jpdb beta

warming up; limbering up

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

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competent; suitable; qualified

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alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

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dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

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far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

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don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry

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had better ...; had better not ...

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paper cup

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to hand over; to surrender

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used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

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to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

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to go; to come

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deception; deceit

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disturbance; perturbation; derangement

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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more than expected

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provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

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customization; customisation

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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fighting strength

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unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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ability; performance; efficiency

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skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

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territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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actual work

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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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to operate; to clean up; to inquire (into); to take drastic measures

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

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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to catch

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defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition

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(political) purge

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

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