jpdb beta

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

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hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

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in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

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feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

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to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

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to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then

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to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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stress

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to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

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reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

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to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

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viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

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(another's) child; child; kid

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

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power struggle

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mistress; kept woman; concubine

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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settlement; solution; resolution

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

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aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

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to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

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currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker

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the same age

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

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lip; lips

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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heir; legitimate child

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to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

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to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

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to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then

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opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

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misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist

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granddaughter

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Olivia

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consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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