jpdb beta

apology

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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jet black

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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to stare back at; to look back at

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to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

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to sew together

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thread; yarn; string

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to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

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to break a dam; to burst out

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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serious crime; grave crime

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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treachery; betrayal; perfidy

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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to rewind

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execution

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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separation; farewell; parting

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too much; excessively; too

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to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to have a cramp

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to smile

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completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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acting; performance

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to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

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evidence; proof

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slim; slender; slight; delicate

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

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to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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time axis; time basis; timeline

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temperature

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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