jpdb beta

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

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positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

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more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

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(a) few; some; several

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physical work; manual labour (labor)

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chief; main; principal; important

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one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

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formic acid; formic

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grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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stifled (laughter); simmering

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(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

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back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

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tolerance; broad-mindedness

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to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

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sound of rainfall

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

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to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

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far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

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sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

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to explain the situation

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downtown

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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lung

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clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire

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severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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to be damaged; to receive damage

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

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last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

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fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

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to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

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back (of a chair); backrest

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

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intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view

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(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

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empty; vacant; void

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ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

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to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)

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to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

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to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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