jpdb beta

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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natural disaster; cataclysm

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cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

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forelock; bangs

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mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

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severely; harshly; utterly; terribly

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counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

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goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

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wars; disturbances

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

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seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

3

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

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release; emission; ejection

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to scatter away; to vanish

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restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

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doing whatever one pleases

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each; every

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the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors

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unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

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defeat; loss; reverse; setback

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small animal

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carnivore; carnivorous animal

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

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hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

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bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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nursing; care; caregiving; caring

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called

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to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

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to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

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true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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if you insist (on it)

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crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

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to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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this and that; one thing or another

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to bind up; to tie up

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to torment; to harass; to tease

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