jpdb beta

official; civil service

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ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

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mysterious person

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wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

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to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

1

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

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oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)

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fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart

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invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

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things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that

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naturally; of course; understandably

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to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

1

very great; enormous; serious

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to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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the

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spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge

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possible; conceivable; likely; probable

1

week

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to get over; to forget

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(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

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having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

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energy problems; energy issues

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reuse

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unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune

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precipice; cliff; bluff

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

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to fall asleep

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

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to bind up; to tie up

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main dish; main course

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hors d'oeuvre; party platter; assorted food tray; catering platter

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sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

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full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

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rejection; denunciation

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stimulating; exciting; provocative

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to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

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crystallization

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

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large explosion

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