jpdb beta

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

1

favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet

1

laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

special; extraordinary

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combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

to crack jokes

3

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

1

readiness to die; (in the) face of death

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easy; simple; plain

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold

1

heyday; golden age

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

7

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

2

signs; omen; symptoms

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repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)

1

easy; simple; light

1

just a minute; small quantity

2

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

to look around; to look towards (us)

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of

1

straight line; beeline

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

1

global maximum; greatest value

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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to surge; to well up; to gush out

2

grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

2

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

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to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

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right in half

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inattention; distraction; mind-wandering

1

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

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temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

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to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

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this (very thing); this precisely

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