jpdb beta

news; word; tidings; omen

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

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

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

hug

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

1

crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly

1

cheek (of face)

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

2

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

safety; welfare; well-being

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

1

urgency; emergency

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

right in the midst of; right at the height of

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harvest time

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to cover fully; to wrap around

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

volcanic ash

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severe famine

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history

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to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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so; like this; in this way

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

each; every

1

perfection; flawlessness

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

to die

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

1

healing; cure; recovery

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doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

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to shed blood

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1