jpdb beta

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious

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mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

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with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

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night air; stillness of night; cool evening

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shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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second hand (of clock)

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to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

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when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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enlargement; increase

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

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pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy; pseudopregnancy

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lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

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unfairness; injustice; partiality

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end; termination point

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to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

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to act; to take action

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

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back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

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Liza Minnelli

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Frank Sinatra (1915.12.12-1998.5.14; American singer and actor)

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Sammy; Samy; Sami; Sammy (Japanese pachinko machine and game manufacturer)

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Davies; Devis

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

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thoughts; thinking

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many; much; plenty; hardly

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matter; thing; affair; circumstance

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celebratory ceremony; celebration

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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hint; clue

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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contract; compact; agreement

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)

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rib; frame (of a ship)

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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