jpdb beta

one act (play, etc.); scene; event

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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awaken

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to take back; to recapture

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ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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late at night

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

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quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

to succeed; to bear fruit

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going around; patrol; round; tour

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to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam

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crossbow

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fully armed; armed to the teeth

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risk

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advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

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army corps; corps

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when; at what point

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to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

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to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

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fighting spirit

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loss; forfeit

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we; us

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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sprinkling; dropping in small light bits

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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you; noblewoman; lady

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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money-making; commercialized; commercialised

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

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next; then; after that

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to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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another person; others

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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silence; stillness; quietness

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to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

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to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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damage

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that; the matter in question

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instinctive; instinctual

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