jpdb beta

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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piece of cake; a walk in the park

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just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

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to pretend; to feign

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acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

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bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

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harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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likability; favorability; popularity

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filter

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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favorable; favourable

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what is it?

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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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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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

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to dig up; to expose; to disclose

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

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to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

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to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)

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hard-boiled egg

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egg (esp. a chicken egg)

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dull sound; muffled sound

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to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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to fall off; to tumble down

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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to writhe (in pain)

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to look around; to look towards (us)

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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