jpdb beta

embarrassing; awkward

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to cause someone to worry

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

4

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

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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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unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

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lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

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keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

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question; query

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to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)

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reason; right

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parent and child

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pocket

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

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celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)

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to be able to do; to be capable of doing

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to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

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organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

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a few years later

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genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out

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successively; one after another

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to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

5

story; tale

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dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result

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rooftop

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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younger scholar; future reference

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(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

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cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

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naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

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rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

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high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

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celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

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merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

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peerage; court rank

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extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

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