jpdb beta

compared with

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selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

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advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

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should do; ought to do; must do

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vengeance; revenge; retaliation

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to claim victims; to cause casualties

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches

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to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

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shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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to live long; to survive

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precisely because

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to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

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to feel deeply ashamed (of)

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calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

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unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

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all over the body; from head to foot; all over

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with a creak; creakily

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to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure

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to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

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direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

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incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

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four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

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ray (of light); beam; light

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eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood

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to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

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to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances

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overwhelming

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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to cut at; to slash at

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(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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fresco; mural; wall painting

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seeming very

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought

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while passing each other

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side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

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flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move

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you; dear; honey

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

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to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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body fluid; semen

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