jpdb beta

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

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to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

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fibre; fiber; textile

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to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex

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apologetic

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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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meat dish

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fish-based cooking; fish dish

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to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

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east

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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forest; woods

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salt lake; saline lake

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salt water; brine

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cooking a fish inside a salt crust

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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to enjoy (oneself)

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to keep silent

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to peek; to peep

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that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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light source

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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sixty; 60

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to take command; to give direction

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appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

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half-eaten

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strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

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to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

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fair; fare; fear

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advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

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clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

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to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

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shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

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to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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incineration; destroy by fire

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gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

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