jpdb beta

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

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bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

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pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names

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to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

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to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

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this evening; tonight

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graduation ceremony; commencement

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)

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unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

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an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

3

since the dawn of history

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flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming

2

to form a group; to form a bunch

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to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

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to some extent; to a certain extent

2

full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

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affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

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the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

straight line; beeline

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rock; boulder; crag

2

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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cheer; shout of joy

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really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

3

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

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if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

2

if is not; if are not

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hardness; solidity

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

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studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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unnecessary; unneeded

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skill

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

2

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

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to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

3

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

3

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

2

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

2

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

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