jpdb beta

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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to be relieved; to feel relieved

3

two things; two persons

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

3

southeast

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to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

open; frank; liberal; open-minded

1

to grow numb with cold

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coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

5

companion; company; tritagonist

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it's been a long time; long time no see

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

observant eye

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throughout the body

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opposite direction

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

2

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

sharp sighted; easily awakened

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

2

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

1

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

4

strictly speaking

1

official document; archives

1

leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

1

felony; serious crime

1

cold sweat

2

to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

an assortment; combination

1

finely chiseled (features)

4

amorous rumour (rumor); romantic gossip

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

misunderstanding

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to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

why; how

2

to move forward; to move on

3

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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