jpdb beta

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

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predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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quitting while one is ahead

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to hasten one's death

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to regret

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(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

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with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

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ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

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severe; bitter; scathing

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to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

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lending and borrowing

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

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however; because; as

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

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for use by women

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quality (of a product or a service)

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clique; faction

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being invited

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overseas student; exchange student

2

machine

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speed

2

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

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roadracer

2

Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

1

visual confirmation; sighting

2

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

2

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

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appearance; look; dress

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regulation; control

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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can never be able to

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(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

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no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)

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shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information

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essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

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word game; wordplay; playing with words

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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law enforcement

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engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

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