jpdb beta

to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy

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acquisition; possession

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

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return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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the die is cast; there is no going back; alea iacta est

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overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

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to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

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summer

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end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

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14th day of the month; 14 days

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writer; author

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late at night; small hours of the morning

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lamp; light

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dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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desk

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to finish writing

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(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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two equal parts; exactly two parts

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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all; everything

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tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

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to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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writing; authoring

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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writer; author

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

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composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

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things; everything

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distinction; discrimination

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private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment

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mass production

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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darkness; the dark

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along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with

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