jpdb beta

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

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maintaining contact (with); keeping in contact (with); keeping in touch (with); introducing (unacquainted people); getting acquainted (with one another)

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to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

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export and import

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to keep up acquaintance

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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a long time (since the last time)

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being startled

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

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to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

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to behave well (of a child)

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to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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innocence; being not guilty

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charm; amulet; talisman

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movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running

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stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

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tiredness; fatigue

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to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

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as; because; with; due to

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rising; ascending; climbing

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to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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not to be depended on; of little hope

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse

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to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

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leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

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(verbal) message; word (from someone)

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or; or else

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absence; disregard; indifference

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initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

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to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

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should do; ought to do

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

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which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

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to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms

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to bring back

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(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other

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after having come this far; now that we've come this far

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