jpdb beta

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

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disturbance; perturbation; derangement

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cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

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surprise tactics

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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to make narrow

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to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

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rainy weather

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all around; as far as the eye can see

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in this way; along these lines; similarly

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to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits

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otherwise; if not; or else

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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oops; uh oh; drats

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once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

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now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

2

phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)

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strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)

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tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle

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siren (in Greek mythology)

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sound wave

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Gillis; Gilliss

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Luna

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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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making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

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to shed blood

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inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

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to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

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Darkness

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work (object) of art

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desperately; for one's dear life

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synergy

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technique

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration

2

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

to gradually disappear; to be vanishing

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suddenly; all of a sudden

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scenery; scene; landscape

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

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

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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