jpdb beta

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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family relationship

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reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

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dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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joint together; opposite; facing

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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race

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to be transparent; to show through

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veil

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stillness of night

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

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if I (we, etc.) could

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to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

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pressure; force

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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good performance; good work; great success

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refreshing; clear

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)

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silk

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to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

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to kneel

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deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

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to make a vow; to take an oath

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to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

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signature

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to send back

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many times

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

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oath; vow

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eternity; perpetuity

2

respect and affection; love and respect

2

deep breath

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to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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to reflect; to throw back light

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to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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be; is

2

to hold a ceremony

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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