jpdb beta

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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dime novel

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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

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insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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very

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to rest one's chin in one's hands

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delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

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surface; appearances

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

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undoubted; unmistakable; definite

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scandal

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to spread; to be propagated

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second wife

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playmate; playfellow

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title

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to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

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-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

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entrance examination

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qualifications of candidacy for an examination

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early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

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connection; pull

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(feelings of) love

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sword skills; swordsmanship

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teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

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to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

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zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

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armed struggle

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(early) childhood

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to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

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to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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intimacy; friendship; familiarity

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for work; in a manner related to work

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removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

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bottom of one's heart

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to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

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to fold up; to fold into layers

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methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)

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the way one works; one's working manner

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