jpdb beta

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

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sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

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bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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this (very thing); this precisely

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strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

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to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke

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to worry; to fret; to get anxious

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loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

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lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

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treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food

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to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

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excuse; pretext

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certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams

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probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

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wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

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battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

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fort; stronghold; fortification

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accomplishment; execution

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one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

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hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

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reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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omen; sign; notice; indication

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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tap; knock; bonk

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lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something

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to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

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hair on the back of one's head

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking

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(plain) hot water; boiled water

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pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

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nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

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to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)

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in proportion to; just as much as

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to aim at

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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