jpdb beta

being outstanding; excelling; being foremost

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how others look at you; what others think about you

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fool; someone beneath one's contempt

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to degenerate; to lapse into

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

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to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

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spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

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to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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to go on reading

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laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

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to follow around

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search; quest; pursuit

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subjective

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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unbroken; endless; continuous

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unjust; inhuman

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nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

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acquaintance; appreciative friend

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to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

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for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance

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slap; smack; spanking

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lavish; profuse

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highest grade; top class

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vexing; irritating; impatient

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state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition

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free time; spare time

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drafting (a plan, contract, etc.); drawing up

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shadow

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magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

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as; because; with; due to

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bringing; taking; carrying

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maintaining the status quo

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paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity

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to cool down one's anger

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stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)

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cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

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field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

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kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

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false pregnancy; pseudocyesis

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spinal reflex

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having children; attempting to conceive

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laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue

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to badger; to pester; to beg

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

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to penetrate the wall

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through a wall; on the other side of a wall

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pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue

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