jpdb beta

way of speaking; intimation

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system

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appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability

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the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea

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taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass

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if you do this; if this is the case

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being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

5

fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

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to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

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slight; light; thin; faint; dim

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weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

3

fireplace; hearth; stove

2

with a start; with a jump

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here and there; in places

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)

1

cheating

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backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

2

to get in touch with

1

cellar; basement

1

storehouse; bunker; silo

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

2

heavy drinker; tippler

1

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

1

transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)

1

so; therefore; and; (and) then

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idea

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unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes

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to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

1

had better do so

2

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

within ...; inside ...

2

bra

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the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

recent photograph (of a person); recent picture; latest photograph

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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existence; possession; having; limited company

1

out-of-body experience

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abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

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another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name

1

with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go

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level; value

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at a glance; by accident

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catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

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