jpdb beta

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

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to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)

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distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

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to entreat

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even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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realistic; pragmatic

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one's lifestyle

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peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

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lack of faith; unbelief; impiety; infidelity

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work; operation; task

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thrifty person; frugal person; economizer

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miser

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

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thief; robber; burglar; bandit

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intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)

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to drink too much

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to recompense for a loss

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weakening; emaciation; decline

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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art of living; way of life

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to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

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to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

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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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other side; opposite side; other party

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ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

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easy; plain; simple

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regulation; adjustment; control

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to get help; to enlist aid

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to be pleased with; to be to one's liking

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running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up

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to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

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a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing

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dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge

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bull's-eye; object of desire; most-coveted goal; male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...")

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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secular affairs; worldly cares; daily routine

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to return; to come back

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half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

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cave; cavern; den; grotto

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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partner; pal; accomplice

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spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

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to make a speech; to address

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to show in; to usher in

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