jpdb beta

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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end of life; death; annihilation

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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to take someone's life; to kill someone

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

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Pages

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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most; extremely

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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aggression; invasion; raid

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inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

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tradition; legend; folklore

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously

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dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

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(top of) shoulder

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butterfly

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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to breathe while sleeping

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companion

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

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empress; queen

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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months (period of)

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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connection; link; relationship

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envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

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dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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alliance; union; league

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relief; peace of mind

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in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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regency; regent

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to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

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annexation; merger; swallowing up

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good opportunity; chance

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dispatch of troops; despatch of troops

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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suicide

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similarly; same (idea); same (name)

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skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

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plague

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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scholar

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