jpdb beta

to smash to pieces

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unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation

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swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting

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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute

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cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

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fury; power; menace

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short pause; short interval

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to hold one's breath

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to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise

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final; eventual; ultimate

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mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers); mountain cottage; mountain shanty

4

disadvantageous; long (odds)

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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handle; grip; knob

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to burn

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to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

2

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

1

(building) stone

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traces; evidence

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice

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tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

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(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation

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to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan

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to put into effect; to put into practice

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to swing and miss

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belief that where there's a will, there's a way

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to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

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nine; 9

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earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

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earnest; kind; sincere

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

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to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

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repeated occurrence; frequently occurring

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front gate

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sweltering heat

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back gate

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gambling den; gambling house

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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with these words; while saying

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fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent

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lung

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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