jpdb beta

great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on

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(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

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to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

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sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

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to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out

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with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

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curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

2

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

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apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

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harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

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eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

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to wait impatiently for

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to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

2

boiled gyoza

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swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

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to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

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the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

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whale (Cetacea spp.)

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to be uncommon

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surströmming (Swedish dish of fermented herring)

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

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intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

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chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things

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material; substance; matter

3

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

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likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

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to seal up

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to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

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nightmare

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(having) life-and-death power (over)

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it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

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lately; recently; these days

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disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

2

to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture

2

chasing after women; womanizing

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cynical; warped; envious

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face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value

3

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

4

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

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a help; assistance

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to like; to prefer

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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knockout

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special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours

2

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

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whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

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confidentially; privately; off the record

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