jpdb beta

to blaze; to burn brightly

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mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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to lean over; to lean in

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rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

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to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

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small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

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to look stern

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being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

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steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control

3

situation report; status report; progress report

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

2

objective; aim; mark

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

4

consumable goods

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nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.

6

reconstruction

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to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

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apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

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look of the sky; weather

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clear; bright; sunny

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to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

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capital; funds; seed money; asset

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abdication

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scrapbook

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purchase date

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eternal sleep; death

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collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism

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pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide

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page

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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to wash away; to rinse off

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orphanage

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remake

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turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)

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(brand-)new article

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odds and ends; all; every

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natural (ability)

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advanced age; senility

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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bone fracture

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to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

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to kiss

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maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

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exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

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