jpdb beta

error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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high-risk

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All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd

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dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

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invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing

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to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

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to cover fully; to wrap around

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endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly

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gushing out

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One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

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sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing

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whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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what sort of; what kind of; what way

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flamethrower

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to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

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to be thrilled; to be excited

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to be transparent; to show through

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frame

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iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner

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with a (light) slapping sound

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

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to thrust away; to send flying

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(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

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to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

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midfielder (soccer); medium frequency; MF; manual focus; microfinance

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circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

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god (esp. the Christian God)

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muscle fiber; muscle fibre

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to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

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hemorrhaging

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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collapse; downfall

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fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

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gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

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to think of; to come up with

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to notify; to advise; to inform

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following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

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using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)

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to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

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oath; vow

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grotesque; disgusting; gross

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nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

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only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces

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