jpdb beta

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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two days later; day after next; next day but one

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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start; leaving; marching off

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axe; ax; hatchet

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saw; musical saw

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sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

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region; limits; stage; level

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working hours

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to steal (from a person)

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dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

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as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

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able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

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avenger; revenger

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twentieth day of the month; twenty days

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wildfire

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like; as if; the same as

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force of a fire; force of flames

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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

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to throw into

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bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

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stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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hot topic; talk of the town

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short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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total; sum; aggregate

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one third; a third part

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delay; latency

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to take flight; to disappear

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food situation

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tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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to begin to appear; to begin to come in

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lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

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composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

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soon; in the near future

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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break in the deadlock

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abatement; reduction

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half the number; haploid

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engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

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direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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big talk; boasting; bragging

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is not; am not; are not

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

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