jpdb beta

arm; skill; efforts; ability

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to put one's strength into

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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troubled face; worried expression

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to cling

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to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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infant; baby; little child

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

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close to the ear

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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parting; separation; farewell

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care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

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whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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perfect circle; cute

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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grinning; smirking

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together; at the same time; same; identical

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dumbfounded; in mute amazement

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alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

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stare; gaze; fixation

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

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to grimace; to make a wry face

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but; however; although

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shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

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whole face; all over one's face

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bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring

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to begin to cry

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immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

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nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

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to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

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to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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corner of the eye

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to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

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to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations

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