jpdb beta

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

9

cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up

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these

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temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

3

detached force; detachment

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serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

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projection

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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south coast; south bank

4

poor plan

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

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covering; protection; backing; relief

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maximum; extreme; utmost

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

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prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building

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to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

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equipment

2

such

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cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness

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puniness; youth

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any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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violent emotion; passion; fury

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

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sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio

3

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

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(someone else's) daughter

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briskly with small steps; trotting

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

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self control; self restraint

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emotional; sentimental

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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affectation; pretension

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sincere; earnest; serious

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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to grumble; to gripe; to complain

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skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

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