jpdb beta

indeed; it's no wonder

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predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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negative; minus

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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reason; pretext; motive

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mum; mom; mummy; the missus

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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parting; farewell

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liar; fibber

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

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to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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(in) one's absence

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement

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sentence; verdict; pronouncement

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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offender; criminal; culprit

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shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

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to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

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with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

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together; in company

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my; our; one's own

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to bury; to embed; to implant

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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to give; to do (something) for

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satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

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assassin; to assassinate

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important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

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lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person

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why; how

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trend; tendency; movement; attitude

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

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behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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chief vassal; senior statesman

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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to pack; to box; to package

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too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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pluralizing suffix

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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