jpdb beta

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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gossip; corner of the mouth

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to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

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to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

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censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

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intervention

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role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

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taking the initiative

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

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(not) altogether; (not) wholly

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does not seem (to be)

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

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(in) his way; peculiar to him

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(army) division

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

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to read (a book, etc.) over again

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valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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there is no way that ...; easy; simple

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to polish up; to shine up

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beautiful face; good looks; beauty

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oozing; damp; sodden

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

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slouch

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to be too numerous; to be too much

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this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

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comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly

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sense of security

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in; at; for

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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

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political measures; policy

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robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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if so; in that case

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to farm; to cultivate a field

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genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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in those days

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