jpdb beta

something (or other)

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one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason

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grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

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to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

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to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

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feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext

1

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

2

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

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feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning

1

to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

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fear; dread; fright; willies

3

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

not only

5

to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

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to raise one's voice; to shout

3

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth

1

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

2

ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally

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decapitation; beheading

2

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

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to beat to death; to club to death; to kill

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intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd

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to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

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guard; sentinel; garrison

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four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing

2

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

2

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

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to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

2

(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary

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all times and places; all ages and countries

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to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

2

from the viewpoint of; according to

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playmate; playfellow

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

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trivial; not amounting to much

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distrust; suspicion

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

2

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

2

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

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