jpdb beta

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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reply; answer

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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we

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)

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temple (on side of head)

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to relax; to make oneself comfortable

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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to brave a danger; to take a risk

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to be contrary to one's expectations

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

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soon; before long; in the near future

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to become pale; to turn pale

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to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

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sanity; consciousness; soberness

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to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

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evening sky; twilight sky

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

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to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

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to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

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to tear off; to rip off

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

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to abandon; to give up on; to desert

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impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

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to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy

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tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

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even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

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sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

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deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal

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to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

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to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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handkerchief

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nosebleed

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