jpdb beta

drawbridge

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Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)

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dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

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hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

3

hatred

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

3

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

6

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

4

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction

2

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

1

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

1

putting into operation; invocation

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

2

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

4

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

2

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

2

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly

1

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

1

chaps; skin fissure

1

to fly around; to scatter

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small; fine; detailed; stingy

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

3

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

1

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

1

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

2

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

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

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

2

all over; all over the place; everywhere

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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