jpdb beta

blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

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to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

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quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

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to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

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to pour on

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shout of abuse; jeers; boos

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as if it were about oneself

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(radio) receptivity; sensitivity; susceptibility

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superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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close; intimate; on good terms

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sensitivity; susceptibility

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to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

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idleness; inactivity

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

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to begin to speak

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to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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dropkick; flying kick

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to writhe in agony

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equilibrium; good balance; poise

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brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

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ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

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rite of passage

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common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

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whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

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doing whatever one pleases

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handkerchief

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violent emotion; passion; fury

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empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

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whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

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pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

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thumb; big toe

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arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day

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to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

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to throw open; to leave open

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noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

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to jump up and down; to hop

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

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progress; advance; improvement; development

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after a short pause

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involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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flight; rout; debacle

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