jpdb beta

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

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5th day of the month; five days

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period; term; interval

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

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wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

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to do for (the sake of someone else)

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qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)

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to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

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tragic but brave; heroic; grim

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physical condition; state of health; shape

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to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

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fatal; deadly; mortal

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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

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interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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contradiction; inconsistency

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both; (not) either

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to watch steadily; to stare

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still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

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(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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thunderous roar; roaring sound

4

dead of night; midnight

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to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

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light rain; drizzle

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to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)

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darkness; the dark

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an inch ahead; the immediate future

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subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

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swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

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baby; infant

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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to check someone's temperature

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

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uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

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to make a lucky hit; to win against the odds; to anticipate correctly; to strike a vein of ore

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from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...

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choices; alternatives; options

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turning sideways; landscape orientation

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rustling (sound)

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to look away; to turn away

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cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking

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to fear; to be afraid of

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to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

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all you have to do is; just; that's all

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